Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted September 16, 2018

On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 1049: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1635) to amend the loan counseling ...

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Sep 5, 2018 1:29 p.m. — Vote

Passed 221/186

H.Res. 1049: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1635) to amend the loan counseling requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4606) to provide that application

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Sep 5, 2018 1:36 p.m. — Vote

Passed 224/180

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: No

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: No

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Sep 5, 2018 5:31 p.m. — Vote

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 1635: Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act

Failed 187/224

H.R. 1635: Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act

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Sep 5, 2018 5:51 p.m. — Vote

Passed 406/4

On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 1051: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6691) to amend title 18, United ...

H.R. 1635 amends the loan counseling requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote greater financial literacy in the following ways:

Ensuring borrowers who participate in the federal loan program receive interactive counseling each year that reflects their individual borrowing situation before they accept their loan;
Providing awareness about the financial obligations students and parents are accumulating by requiring borrowers to consent each year before receiving federal student loans;
Informing low-income students about the terms and conditions of the Pell Grant program through annual counseling that will be provided to all grant recipients, and;
Directing the Secretary of Education to maintain and disseminate a consumer-tested, online counseling tool that institutions can use to provide annual loan counseling ...

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Sep 6, 2018 1:26 p.m. — Vote

Passed 224/181

H.Res. 1051: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6691) to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the definition of “crime of violence”, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

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Sep 6, 2018 1:34 p.m. — Vote

Passed 225/179

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: No

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: No

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Sep 6, 2018 1:48 p.m. — Vote

On the Nomination PN1525: Dominic W. Lanza, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona

Nomination Confirmed 60/35

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Nay

Sen. Schatz [D-HI]: Nay

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Sep 6, 2018 2:14 p.m. — Vote

On the Nomination PN1650: Charles J. Williams, of Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa

Nomination Confirmed 79/12

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Yea

Sen. Schatz [D-HI]: Nay

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Sep 6, 2018 3:28 p.m. — Vote

On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H.R. 6147: Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug ...

Failed 187/218

H.Amdt. 962 (Pallone) to H.R. 4606: Page 3, line 18, insert "after opportunity for hearing and public input," after "delay,".

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Sep 6, 2018 3:35 p.m. — Vote

Failed 176/227

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Aye

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Aye

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Sep 6, 2018 3:41 p.m. — Vote

H.Amdt. 963 (DeGette) to H.R. 4606: Amendment sought to require export applications to show that the natural gas to be exported was produced using available techniques to minimize methane emissions from leaks or venting.

Failed 195/210

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Aye

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Aye

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Sep 6, 2018 3:58 p.m. — Vote

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 4606: Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Failed 178/231

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: Aye

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: Aye

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Sep 6, 2018 4:09 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 4606: Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Passed 260/146

Rep. Gabbard [D-HI2]: No

Rep. Hanabusa [D-HI1]: No

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Sep 7, 2018 10:49 a.m. — Vote

H.R. 6691: Community Safety and Security Act of 2018

Passed 247/152

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Charles P. Rettig to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury: Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the term expiring November 12, 2022

H.R. 6691 amends the definition of the term “crime of violence” in the U.S. Code. Specifically:

Under subsection (a)(1), the term is defined by enumerating offenses that would qualify as crimes of violence. Subsection (a)(2) maintains the current definition of crime of violence that includes offenses that have “as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another.” Additionally, subsection (a)(3) clarifies that any inchoate offense involving the listed offenses also are included in the definition.

Subsection (b) defines the offenses in the enumerated list provided in subsection (a)(1) for the purposes of this section. It offers definitions for “abusive sexual contact,” “aggravated sexual ...

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Sep 12, 2018 6 p.m. — Vote

Cloture Motion Agreed to 63/34

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Nay

On the Nomination PN1620: Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the term expiring November 12, 2022

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Sep 12, 2018 6:32 p.m. — Vote

Nomination Confirmed 64/33

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Nay

H.R. 5923: Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act

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Sep 12, 2018 6:56 p.m. — Vote

Passed 379/3

H.R. 5895: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019

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Sep 12, 2018 6:57 p.m. — Vote

Conference Report Agreed to 92/5

Sen. Hirono [D-HI]: Yea

H.R. 3186: Every Kid Outdoors Act

H.R. 5895 provides funding for national defense nuclear weapons activities, the Army Corps of Engineers, various programs under the Department of Energy, the Legislative Branch, the Department of Veterans Affairs, military construction and family housing for the Department of Defense, and other related agencies. This legislation provides a total of $145.4 billion in discretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019.

The major provisions of the bill are as follows:

Division A – Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019

The Energy and Water Development provisions of the legislation total $44.7 billion, which is $1.5 billion above the Fiscal Year 2018 enacted level and $8.17 billion above the President’s budget request. Total defense ...

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Sep 12, 2018 7:09 p.m. — Vote

Passed 383/2

H.R. 4689: To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.

H.R. 3186 allows fourth grade students and certain accompanying adults free access to federal public lands and waters administered by the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration where an admission fee is charged. This codifies the existing Every Kid in a Park program and requires a report to Congress on the results of the program for the seven years the program is authorized.

Since 2015, the Department of the Interior, through the “Every Kid in a Park'' initiative, has offered fourth graders and their families free entrance to our national parks and other federal lands. The initiative launched prior to the National Park Service's Centennial ...

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Sep 12, 2018 7:19 p.m. — Vote

Passed 378/1

H.Res. 1059: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3798) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affo

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Sep 13, 2018 1 p.m. — Vote

Passed 222/171

H.R. 1911: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2017

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Sep 13, 2018 1:08 p.m. — Vote

Passed 393/2

H.R. 5895: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019

H.R. 1911 amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to mandate that the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism shall hold the rank of Ambassador. Specifically, the legislation establishes that the Special Envoy will be nominated by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, report directly to the Secretary of State, not hold any other office, and serve as the primary advisor to, and coordinate the efforts of the United States government to monitor and combat anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic incitement that occur in foreign countries.

The Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism advances U.S. foreign policy on anti-Semitism and develops and implements policies and projects to support efforts to ...

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Sep 13, 2018 3:57 p.m. — Vote

Passed 377/20