Recent Votes:
- Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization - Passage
- Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Cloture
- House: U.S. Citizens in Iran - Passage
- House: Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization – Passage
- House: Iraq Troop Withdraw – Passage
- House: Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act
- House: Fiscal 2016 Interior-Environment Appropriations
Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization - Passage Vote Passed (71-25, 4 Not Voting)
The Senate passed a bill that would authorize approximately $612 billion in discretionary funding for defense programs in fiscal 2016, including $88.9 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding. Excluding Overseas Contingency Operations funding, the bill would authorize, within the Senate Armed Services Committee's jurisdiction, approximately: $134.1 billion for operations and maintenance, roughly $112.2 billion for procurement,$ 135.5 billion for military personnel, $8.3 billion for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, roughly $70.9 billion for research, development, testing and evaluation, and $32.2 billion for the Defense Health Program.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
This bill H.R. 17356, it is too bad they don't have to start this bill with what the Defense Health Program should cost. Follow that with enlisted pay scales. Unfortunately the rest of it is the product of the incestuous relationships between business, politicians and the military. The way I see many of the conflicts developing in the future means having available troops. Deterrent hardware in Europe isn't going isn't going to stop Russian, or Islamic intrusion, a soldier standing at the ready is the only thing respected because our enemies know that we only use imposing force as a last resort. Most everyone was for it, why wouldn't they be, most have campaigns that benefit.
Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Cloture Vote Rejected (50-45, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate rejected a motion to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the intended legislative vehicle for the bill that would provide nearly $576 billion in discretionary spending for defense programs in fiscal 2016, including $86.9 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
A political agreement to keep talking about it, yet as you see above, they voted and closed the matter.
Recent House Votes
U.S. Citizens in Iran - Passage Vote Passed (391-0, 42 Not Voting)
The House agreed to a motion to suspend the rules and pass a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Iran should immediately release U.S. citizens Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini and provide all known information on the whereabouts of Robert Levinson.
Rep. David Scott voted YES
The FBI was offering $5,000,000.00 for his return back in 2007. Does any, any reasonable person, think that Robert Levinson would be released because the House of Representative said they should? This stinks of Boehner setting up some defensible excuse, because they are getting ready to accept the crap treaty that POTUS presents. More matador shit, we told them to let him go, but it wasn't so important that we would hold up a nuclear treaty that has no hope of holding up Iranian nuclear missiles.
Fiscal 2016 Intelligence Authorization – Passage Vote Passed (247-178, 8 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would authorize classified amounts in FY 2016 for 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. government, including the Office of the National Intelligence Director, the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA), as well as foreign intelligence activities of the Defense Department, FBI, State Department, Homeland Security Department and other agencies. The measure covers general intelligence operations, including signals intelligence, clandestine human intelligence programs and analysis, and covert action programs, as well as research and development and projects to improve information dissemination.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Her is where the government decides the people that has taken an oath to protect are not allowed to know how much is being spent on intelligence gathering. A practice we know, that they would prefer a free hand to apply on the very same citizens. I agree with David Scott's vote on this.
Iraq Troop Withdraw – Passage Vote Failed (139-288, 1 Present, 5 Not Voting)
The House rejected a concurrent resolution that would direct the president to withdraw U.S. forces deployed to Iraq in support of operations against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, other than armed forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel within 30 days of enactment.
Rep. David Scott voted NO
Don't pull out, we decided, we voted on it.
Upcoming Votes:
Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act - H.R.1190
The bill would repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Tee up the "talking point" arguments about death panels. In the ends it's all bullshit anyway. The Federal government has turned the United States into a socialist country, If it not this panel it will be another one and its purpose will be to restrict what we can have and make us pay more for it.
Fiscal 2016 Interior-Environment Appropriations - H.R.2822
The bill would make appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.
The country might be well served to cut off the spigot to this department for about a decade. They have been out of hand with their land management practices. This department routinely infringes on citizen's property rights.
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