A vote to end debate falls short on an amendment that would allocate $500 billion to COVID-19-related unemployment benefits, support for businesses, and testing, prevention, and treatment programs at schools and elsewhere.
Angus King
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to fund Defense Department programs for fiscal 2021.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
A roundup of measures approved in each chamber.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act, to provide $100 billion for an emergency rental assistance fund and $75 billion for a homeowners’ assistance fund, and both extend and expand moratoriums on eviction and foreclosure of renters and homeowners.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has passed a substitute amendment sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., to the Taxpayer First Act. The amendment, known as the Great American Outdoors Act, would fund deferred maintenance programs at the national parks and provide for the purchase of land and waterways to expand public lands.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Charles Q. Brown Jr. to be the Air Force’s chief of staff.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, to impose sanctions on Chinese individuals found responsible for human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House passed a resolution authorizing the use of remote proxy voting by House members and remote proceedings by House committees during the coronavirus public health emergency.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the Senate passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other votes, the Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robert J. Feitel to be the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s inspector general.