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Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE, December 23, 2013, for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: Jeh Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
Senate: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
Senate: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Senate: John Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue
The First Session of the 113th Congress has come to a close.
The Senate will be back on January 6, 2014.
The House will be back on January 7, 2014.
Recent Senate Votes:
Jeh Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security
Vote Confirmed (78-16, 6 Not Voting)
Jeh Johnson, a former Defense Department lawyer, was confirmed as the fourth secretary of Homeland Security.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Anybody proposed by the President to run Homeland Security is bound to be a stooge, regulated to press conference speeches that are seld congratulatory lies about how tough they are. I don’t care who has the office, the job is to spread bullshit.
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
Vote Agreed to (64-36)
The Senate gave final approval to this two-year budget deal that increases discretionary spending caps to $1.012 trillion in 2014 and $1.014 trillion in 2015. The 2011 sequester level was $967 billion.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
My Senators joined the bandwagon and approved a 4.6% spending increase in the first year, greater than official inflation, way greater than wage growth. In their minds they have an agreement so it must be good. As always in the minds of elected officials spending growth is good, even if spending out-paces GDP.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Vote Agreed to (84-15, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate cleared the 2014 fiscal year defense policy bill for the president's signature. The bill authorizes $625.1 billion in discretionary spending, which is $3.1 billion less than last year.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted YES
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Seeing that the above continuing resolution was a decision to spend an additional 45 billion dollars, saving 3.1 billion on defense seems about right for this group. Spend more money than you didn’t have yesterday and pretnd you are balancing by making miniscule cuts the liberals favorite peace time target.
John Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Vote Confirmed (59-36, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed John Koskinen to be head of the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has been led by acting commissioners since November 2012 and is under increased scrutiny as the agency takes on new responsibilities under the 2010 health care law. Koskinen's term runs through November 12, 2017.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted Not Voting
I am curious as to why Isakson dodged the vote, perhaps a NO would draw an audit.
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