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• Senate: OMB Director – Confirmation
• Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Cloture Motion
• House: High-Risk Insurance Pools – Rule Vote
• House: FAA Furloughs – Suspension Vote
• House: Federal Helium Sales – Suspension Vote

• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Background Checks Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Republican Substitute Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Straw Purchases Amendment
• House: Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

• Senate: Interior Secretary Confirmation
• Senate: Gun Control – Cloture Vote
• House: Limit on NLRB Activity
• House: Hydropower Facility Development – Suspension Vote

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Fiscal 2013 Continuing Appropriations
• Senate: Fiscal 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
• House: FY 2014 Budget Resolution
• House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations

• Senate: Committee Funding Resolution – Amendment Vote
• Senate: CIA Director Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Disaster Response and Preparedness – Suspension
• House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations

• Senate: Hagel Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Lew Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Republican Sequester Alternative –
• Senate: Democratic Sequester Alternative
• House: Gender-based Violence Prevention –

• Senate: Gender-based Violence Prevention – Final Passage
• Senate: Defense Secretary Nomination – Cloture
• House: Disaster Aid for Houses of Worship – Suspension
• House: Hydropower Regulation – Suspension
• House: Federal Pay Freeze Extension – Final Passage
• House: North Korea Nuclear Test

• Senate: Gender-based Violence Prevention - Substitute Amendment
• House: Budget Submission Requirement - Final Passage

• Senate: Temporary Rules Changes
• Senate: Permanent Rules Changes
• House: Short-Term Suspension of Debt Limit – Final Passage

• House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Substitute Amendment
• House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Long-term Recovery Aid
• House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Final Passage
• House: Disaster Aid Reform

• House: Establishing the Rules of the House
• House: Hurricane Sandy Relief – Suspension

• Senate: TAG Extension – Motion to Waive
• House: Suspension Authority
• House: Epinephrine Inhalers – Suspension
• House: Defense Authorization – Motion to Instruct

• Senate: Disability Treaty – Ratification
• Senate: Defense Authorization – Final Passage
• Senate: Russia/Moldova Trade Relations – Final Passage
• House: Energy Efficiency – Suspension
• House: Global Internet Governance – Adoption
• House: Amending Language in Federal Law – Suspension

•             Senate: Sportsmens Access to Federal Land – Motion to Waive

•             Senate: Disability Treaty – Motion to Proceed

•             Senate: Defense Authorization – Amendment

•             House: STEM Visa Program – Final Passage

• Senate: Cybersecurity – Cloture
• Senate: Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land – Cloture
• House: Russia Trade Relations, Human Rights Oversight – Passage

• Senate: Veterans Job Training – Motion to Waive
• Senate: Foreign Aid Suspension
• Senate: Iran Nuclear Threat
• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Student Loan Exemption for Deceased Veterans – Suspension
• House: Public Funding for Political Conventions – Suspension
• House: Welfare Work Requirements – Disapproval Resolution
• House: STEM Visa Program - Suspension
• House: Manhattan Project National Park – Suspension
• House: Energy Regulatory Rollback – Passage

• House: Minnesota Land Exchange
• House: Government Surveillance Authorities
• House: Sequestration Replacement
• House: Continuing Resolution
• House: Energy Department Loan Guarantees

The House and Senate are in recess until Monday, September 10.... 

• Senate: Tax Cut Extension – Passage
• Senate: Cybersecurity – Cloture
• House: Tribal Land Leases – Suspension
• House: Levee Construction – Suspension
• House: Oil and Gas Drilling – Passage
• House: Federal Reserve Audit – Suspension
• House: Regulatory Overhaul

• Senate: Campaign Financial Disclosures – Cloture
• Senate: Outsourcing Tax Credits – Cloture
• House: Foreign Relations Authorization - Passage
• House: Sequestration Report - Passage
• House: Defense Appropriations – Passage

·       Senate: Small Business Tax Cut – 

·       House: Veterans Licensing – 

·       House: ATM Fee Disclosure – 

·       House: Hydropower Generation –

·       House: Health Care

·       House: Mining Project Permitting

• Senate: FDA User Fees – Final Passage
• Senate: Highway/Flood Insurance/Student Loan Package – Adoption of Conference Report
• House: Contempt Resolution
• House: FY13 Transportation-HUD Appropriations – Final Passage
• House: Highway/Flood Insurance/Student Loan Package – Adoption of Conference Report

• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Disapproval Resolution – EPA Regulations
• Senate: Farm Bill – Final Passage
• Senate: Cloture – Flood Insurance Reauthorization
• House: Land and Water Projects
• House: Domestic Energy Policy
• House: Motion to Instruct Conferees – Highway Bill

• Senate: Motion to Table; Farm Bill – Sugar Price Supports Repeal 
• Senate: Motion to Table; Farm Bill – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Elimination

• Senate: Wage Discrimination
• Senate: Farm Bill
• House: Energy-Water Appropriations
• House: Medical Device Tax Repeal
• House: Homeland Security Appropriations
• House: Legislative Branch Appropriations

• House: FDA User Fee Reauthorization
• House: Sex-Selective Abortion Ban
• House: Intelligence Authorization
• House: Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations 

• Senate: FDA User Fee Reauthorization
• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates – Republican Substitute
• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates – Democratic Version

“Obama” Budget Resolution - Vote Rejected (0-99, 1 Not Voting) ....

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
• Senate: Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012
• House: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
• House: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

• Senate: 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012
• Senate: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011
• House: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
• House: Interest Rate Reduction Act

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011
• Senate: Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act
• House: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011
• House: Surface Transportation Extension Act
• House: Democratic Alternative Budget
• House: Fiscal 2013 House Budget Resolution

• Senate: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
• House: Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act - Vote Passed (74-22, 4 Not Voting)

The Senate passed this $109 billion bill that would fund transportation programs and projects for the next two years. It is unclear at this time whether the House will pass a two or five year bill.

• Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline
• House: Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011

• Senate: Motion to Table Blunt Amendment
• House: Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
• House: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act

• Senate: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
• House: Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act
• House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act

• Senate: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act
• House: Budget and Accounting Transparency Act
• House: Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011
• House: STOCK Act

• Senate: STOCK Act
• House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act
• House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
• House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011
• House: FAA Modernization and Reform Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012
• House: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011
• House: Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
• House: Baseline Reform Act of 2011

The House voted to block a $1.2 trillion increase in the $15.2 trillion debt ceiling. With the Senate unlikely to approve a similar measure, the increase will automatically take effect January 27, 2012.

With this vote, the House rejected the Senate's two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax reduction and requested a conference to consider a yearlong extension....

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

•  Senate: Cloture on the Nomination of Richard Cordray to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act
• House: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011
• House: Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011

• Senate: National Defense Authorization Act, FY2012
• House: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
• House: To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the Election Assistance Commission
• House: Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011
• House: Regulatory Accountability Act

• Senate: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
• House: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
• House: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
• House: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States

• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Net Neutrality disapproval
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Cross-border air pollution rule disapproval
• Senate: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act

• Senate: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Rebuild America Jobs Act
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011

• House: Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act
• House: Modify Income Calculation for Eligibility for Certain Health Programs
• House: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act

The House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill to repeal a 3 percent withholding requirement on government contractor payments.

United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Vote Passed (278-151, 4 Not Voting)

The House passed this trade agreement with South Korea. The Senate approved the bill later in the day and the president is expected to sign it into law.  (Hirono voted NO.)