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Congress.org presents: MEGAVOTE for September 18, 2017 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization
• Senate: Patenaude Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization
• House: Criminal Gang Members
• House: Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations

Upcoming Congressional Bills

•  Senate: Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization Bill

The House is not in session the week if 18-September.

Yes there is a great need for the representatives to be at their home districts explaining, no lying, about why they aren't what they've advertised.

Recent Senate Votes

Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization Vote Agreed to (61-36, 3 Not Voting)
Corker, R-Tenn., motion to table the McConnell, R-Ky., for Paul, R-Ky., amendment to the McCain, R-Ariz., modified substitute amendment to the bill. The Paul amendment would sunset, six months after enactment, the 2001 authorization for the use of military force in Afghanistan and the 2002 authorization for the use of military force in Iraq.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Corer and McCain, there is a pair for you. Their support causes me to have immediate distrust in the intent.

Patenaude Nomination – Confirmation
Vote Confirmed (80-17, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Pamela H. Patenaude to be deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

According to Wikipedia, Pamela Hughes Patenaude, age 56, is the incoming United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to assuming her current position, she served as president of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families and as director of housing policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. She served as Housing and Urban Development assistant secretary for Community, Planning and Development during the George W. Bush Administration. She was proposed as a candidate for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration, but was ultimately nominated for Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization Vote Agreed to (84-9, 7 Not Voting)
Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the McCain, R-Ariz., modified substitute amendment that would authorize $692 billion in discretionary funding for defense programs in fiscal 2018.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted Not Voting
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

War hero or not, I have come to a opinion of John McCain that he is acting like a wounded little brat. Presuming to be the "conscience" of the Republican party while holding the distinction of being the worst Republican candidate for President in the however many years, hell after some thought, I think he is actually the worst ever if you exclude those that got elected at least once. His recent diatribe which amounts to sideways endorsement of globalism, pretty much says it all. He represents what is bad about politics, being more interested in continuing the path of bureaucratic inertia towards a UN styled global government controlled by business.

Recent House Votes:

Criminal Gang Members Vote Passed (233-175, 25 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill that would define a criminal gang as a group of five or more persons that has the primary purpose of the commission of one or more certain criminal offenses and would prohibit individuals defined as foreign criminal gang members from entering the United States.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

David Scott the contrarian, how cute that he would take a stand against a bill that doesn't mean a thing to gang members.

Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Vote Passed (211-198, 25 Not Voting)
The House passed the bill, as amended, that would provide $1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending bills, including $621.5 billion for defense and $511 billion for nondefense discretionary spending.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

What do you think, was his reason for voting no because there was not enough in there for defense?

Upcoming Votes:
Fiscal 2018 Defense Authorization Bill - HR2810 The bill would authorize more than $680 billion for the Pentagon and related agencies as well as the Overseas Contingency Operations account.

Money from nothing but taxes, and a treasury that prints more than it takes in.

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