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Congress.org  presents MEGAVOTE, June 15, 2015 for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

•  Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture
•  House: CFTC Operations – Passage
•  House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
•  House: Police Body Cameras – Passage
•  House: Meat Labeling – Passage
•  House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization
• House: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
• House: Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
• House: Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act

Recent Senate Votes:
Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture, Vote Rejected (56-40, 4 Not Voting)
The Senate rejected a motion to invoke cloture on amendment no. 1569, as modified, to substitute amendment no. 1463 that would require several national security entities to develop and promulgate procedures to promote the timely sharing of classified and declassified cyber threat indicators between government and the private sector.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
Today, I received a notice from the government that my personal data may have been compromised. This comes a significant amount of time after the events occurs. Citizens trust our government to be the best possible at protecting our information. Truth is, even with the best intentions, they can never be at the leading edge of cyber technology, creativity is not the domain of the government, being monolithic and having vast economic resources is their strength.

Recent House Votes:
CFTC Operations – Passage Vote Passed (246-171, 15 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would reauthorize operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) through fiscal 2019 and amend the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to modify and clarify how the CFTC is to regulate derivatives and swaps. The bill would make numerous changes to CFTC operations.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Dodd-Frank is crap, appropriately named crap. When it comes to the President and Congress, any President, any Congress, they are always looking for the angle of how to make this a gift that can generate votes.  Their intent is wrong, therefore they cannot achieve success in the eyes of their public, only in terms of how they can get votes while pretending to do otherwise.  Modifications to crap yield refined crap.

Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Vote Passed (216-210, 7 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would appropriate $108.7 billion in fiscal 2016, including $55.3 billion in discretionary spending, for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and related agencies.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
HUD and Transportation should not be combined, most likely a ploy to make the unpalatable  points of each balance.

Police Body Cameras – Passage Vote Passed (421-6, 1 Present, 5 Not Voting)
The House agreed to a motion to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution that would recognize the potential for the use of body-worn cameras by on-duty law enforcement officers to improve community relations, increase transparency and protect.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Recognize the potential for use? WTF does that mean?

Meat Labeling – Passage Vote Passed (300-131, 2 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would repeal U.S. country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork and chicken that is sold in the United States.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
Fish and shellfish should be included, just read a Consumer Report article and the laws for labeling there are very lax, in part because the definitions are legally set. As usual though, the standard are usually set first by the business leaders in the market.

Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage Vote Passed (278-149, 6 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would provide $578.6 billion in discretionary funding for the Defense department in fiscal 2016. The total would include $490.2 billion in base Defense department funds and $88.4 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account, and would provide that $37.5 billion in OCO funding be used in support of base budget requirements.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
How much of this has to be set aside for LGBT training and acceptance. Money for a new song, When Johnny Comes Prancing Home Again, Who Ray, Who Ray

Upcoming Votes:
Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization - H.R.1314
The bill would reauthorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
More, more, more. How do like, how do you like it?

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 - H.R.2596
The bill would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Spending our money on things they will not tell us about.

Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015 - H.R.2505
The bill would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the annual reporting of data on enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans.
You know my feelings about when our government uses the word transparency? Liars.

Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act - H.R.1190
The bill would repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
The same goes for the government using the work "protecting".

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