Ball Park Franks

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE for June 12, 2017 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Elwood Nomination - Confirmation
• Senate: Iran Sanctions - Cloture
• House: Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver
• House: Financial Regulation Restructuring

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Nomination of Kenneth Rapuano to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
• Senate: Iran Sanctions
• House: Verify Eligibility for Health Care Tax Credits
• House: VA Personnel Accountability
• House: Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Recent Senate Votes:
Elwood Nomination - Confirmation Vote Confirmed (67-33)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Courtney Elwood to be general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Courtney Elwood is youngish lady, educated at Washington and Lee, law degree from Yale. Ms Elwood clerked Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the Supreme Court. No opinions offered, she's likely used to being the smarted person in the room.

Iran Sanctions - Cloture Vote Agreed to (91-8, 1 Not Voting)
Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the McConnell, R-Ky., motion to proceed to the bill that would impose certain sanctions on Iran. Specifically, the president would be required to block the transactions of any person deemed to knowingly engage in activity contributing to an Iran ballistic missile or mass destruction program, that is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, that is responsible for human rights abuses, or that contributes to the arming of Iran. The bill would also require the departments of Defense and Treasury and the National Intelligence Agency to develop a strategy for deterring Iran from activities or threats against the United States and its allies every two years.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Frankly the douche-bag Senate leader wanting to impose sanctions on Iran after letting the last President get away with signing a treaty without Senate consent, is kind of like slamming the door on the barn after the cows are already loose. Whatever they come up with will be toothless to start with and undermined further by the Europeans. Politicians suck at deterring war. McConnell sucks at being a Senator.

Recent House Votes:
Customs and Border Protection Polygraph Waiver Vote Passed (282-137, 11 Not Voting)
Passage of the bill would authorize the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to waive the requirement that applicants for law enforcement positions at CBP undergo polygraph examinations for specific groups of applicants. Certain veterans and law enforcement officers who have already passed a polygraph examination or stringent background investigation could be exempt from the polygraph requirement.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

The description sounds like a way to clear red tape. I hope its not a way grease the transfer bad personnel between departments.

Financial Regulation Restructuring Vote Passed (233-186, 11 Not Voting)
Passage of the bill that would overhaul financial industry regulations and repeal many provisions of the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul law. It would convert the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into an executive agency funded by annual appropriations and would modify operations at the Federal Reserve and at the Securities and Exchange Commission. It would repeal the prohibition on banking entities engaging in proprietary trading and would modify regulations governing the amount of capital that banks are required to maintain.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

David Scott loves Dodd-Frank, Christopher Dodd was about the dullest politician to have served the Senate, and Barney Frank loves dick.

Reminds me of a insensitive joke.

Have heard heard about the new hot dogs at Fenway Park?
They're called Barney Franks.
If you don't like the taste, you can stick them up your ass.

Upcoming Votes:
Nomination of Kenneth Rapuano to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense - PN348 The Senate will vote on the nomination of Kenneth Rapuano to be an assistant secretary of Defense.

An American Marine veterans that served for 21 years before attaining different security-related posts within the government. 

Iran Sanctions - S722
The bill would impose certain sanctions on Iran. Specifically, the president would be required to block the transactions of any person deemed to knowingly engage in activity contributing to an Iran ballistic missile or mass destruction program, that is related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, that is responsible for human rights abuses, or that contributes to the arming of Iran.

Already comment on above, go fetch the cows, the shepherds were sleeping and they got away.

Verify Eligibility for Health Care Tax Credits - HR2581 The bill would modify both current law and the American Health Care Act to prohibit the advance payment of health care premium tax credits to individuals unless the Treasury Department receives confirmation from the Health and Human Services or Homeland Securities departments that they have verified the individual's status as a U.S. citizen or lawfully present alien.

Wow, verification of need before applying a benefit, what a novel approach. Bet your bottom dollar that David Scott votes against this. Won't matter, they don't need his vote.

VA Personnel Accountability - S1094
The bill would expand the ability of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department to fire or demote VA employees based on performance or misconduct, and it would modify the appeals process to provide for the appeals of decisions by administrative judges.

It's too bad that this probably will be eviscerated by Union rules and bureaucratic friction. Also too bad that this can't be applied retroactively to take out some of the folks that committed fraud to attain bonus money, all of whom deserve to be placed under the prison.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits - HR1215
The bill would place limits on medical malpractice lawsuits in state and federal courts by limiting the amount of the award and the time in which a lawsuit must be initiated. The bill would cap non-economic damages in lawsuits but does not limit economic damages or punitive damages.

Tort reform should happen, politicians are dominated by lawyers, therefore it is unlikely that anything passed will be effective, and if so, cut to shreds in the courts.

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