No No No

Is what we got from out elected official in the House of Representatives this week. The mighty senators put in a tough week of approving candidates that they have no clue about other than what the Chamber of Commerce wants. 

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE for July 24, 2017 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes
Senate

• Shanahan Nomination - Confirmation
• Bush Nomination - Confirmation

House

• Ozone Standards Implementation
• Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Coordinating Authority
• King Cove Land Exchange

Upcoming Congressional Bills
Senate

• Nomination of David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior

House

• Four Bill Appropriations Minibus
• Disapproval of the Consumer Arbitration Rule

Recent Senate Votes:
Shanahan Nomination - Confirmation Vote Confirmed (92-7, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Patrick M. Shanahan to be deputy secretary of Defense.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

As long as they aren't doves's bent on decimating defense by way limiting the dollars, all ahead full speed.

Bush Nomination - Confirmation Vote Confirmed (51-47, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of John Kenneth Bush to be a judge for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Vanderbilt  for hos undergraduate, Harvard for the JD. Bush is the He is chair for the chapter of the Federalist Society in Louisville. The Federalist Society, is made up of conservatives and libertarians interested in steering the legal system with an originalist interpretation of the Constitution. This would be the reason why the vote was so divided, that and the Democratic suggestion that Bush is a virulent LGBTQ rights opponent. What I do not see in a web search is evidence of court actions that are biased. Well tough shit boys, he's there for life if he doesn't get promoted.

Recent House Votes:
Ozone Standards Implementation, Vote Passed (229-199, 5 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would extend for eight years the deadline for the EPA to implement new National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone. The bill would require the EPA to review the national ambient air quality standards for each pollutant every ten years, instead of every five, and would require the agency to evaluate possible adverse effects of standard changes.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

Business good, EPA bad.

Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure, Vote Passed (254-175, 4 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would establish a new system for the approval and permitting of border-crossing oil and gas pipelines and electrical transmission lines. The bill would require sponsors of border-crossing oil pipelines and electricity transmission facilities that cross the U.S. borders into Canada and Mexico to receive a "certificate of crossing" from the relevant federal agency in order to build or modify their projects.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

Who the heck knows, no doubt Scott voted against as a reflex.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Coordinating Authority Vote Passed (248-179, 6 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would establish the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as the sole lead agency for the permitting of proposals to build or expand natural gas pipelines.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

Clearing out the clutter and bureaucracy, naturally a Democrat would be against that.

King Cove Land Exchange, Vote Passed (248-179, 6 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would require the Interior Department to convey to the state of Alaska, if requested, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek Wilderness for the purpose of constructing a single-lane gravel road between the towns of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

States right to self determination, for David Scott and the Democrats that is a non-starter. The Interior Department over-stepped its charter and authority during the last President's administration, a course that all bureaucracies seek, unfortunately it takes elected officials to correct that shit. In the end they never get it all corrected so there is a long crawl, with intermittent back slides and then leaps forward towards total Federal government control and essentially no personal rights to property.

Upcoming Votes:
Nomination of David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior - PN365 The Senate will vote on the nomination of David Bernhardt to be deputy secretary of the Interior.

An industry guy, Elizabeth Warren, aka fauxahontas,  hates him so he is good enough for me. The Senate seems to be getting more aggressive on these confirmation votes so I expect this is going through.

Four Bill Appropriations Minibus - HR3219 The minibus would include the following appropriations bills: (Defense, Energy-Water, Legislative Branch and Military Construction-VA). Defense appropriations (HR 3219) would provide $658.1 billion for the Defense Department and $73.9 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism funding. Energy-Water appropriations (HR 3266) would provide $37.6 billion for national defense nuclear weapons activities, the Army Corps of Engineers and various programs under the Energy. Legislative branch appropriations (HR 3162) would provide $3.6 billion (excluding Senate only items) for the House and joint operations. Military Construction-VA appropriations (HR 2998) would provide $88.8 billion in discretionary funding with $638 million for the Overseas Contingency Operations fund. It would provide a total of $182.3 billion (in mandatory and discretionary funding) for the Veterans Affairs Department.

This is supposed to be Ryan's strength, and with all the military expenditures, David Scott will probably vote YES.

Disapproval of the Consumer Arbitration Rule - HJRes111 Under the Congressional Review Act, the joint resolution would provide for congressional disapproval of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final arbitration rule which prohibits financial services companies that offer financial products to consumers from using arbitration clauses to stop consumers from being part of a class action lawsuit.

I can see David Scott, swishing his little finger and sweetly saying...

Hated it 

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