Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Trade Secret Theft – Passage
- Senate: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Cloture on Motion to Proceed
- Senate: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Passenger Seat Sizes
Upcoming Congressional Bills
- Senate: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization
- House: More Banks Operating Under the Federal Reserve's Small Bank Holding Company Policy
- House: Financial Stability Oversight Council Overhaul
- House: Broadband Internet Access Regulation
Recent Senate Votes:
Trade Secret Theft – Passage, Vote Passed (87-0, 13 Not Voting)
The Senate passed legislation, as amended, that allows the owner of a trade secret that is misappropriated to bring a civil action if the trade secret is related to interstate or foreign commerce.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
This appears to be a fine tuning type of action. Generally I would have thought that trade secrets would be covered by patents, or possibly we are speaking of something more general in nature.
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Cloture on Motion to Proceed, Vote Agreed to (98-0, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate agreed to a McConnell, R-Ky., motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to an unrelated bill (HR 636) consisting of three bills that would reduce taxes on small businesses. The chamber is expected to amend it with language that would authorize $33.1 billion in funding for FAA programs through fiscal 2017, including those related to unmanned aircraft, equipment certification, and aircraft control system technology. Sixty votes were required to invoke cloture.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES
More book keeping. The Senate would never broach the thought of interrupting business travel. The FAA gets pretty much what it wants as long as it does not include the right to strike. Which brings up an interesting thought, what do you think President Obama's reaction would be is the traffic controllers threatened to strike? Blame it on Israel?
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization – Passenger Seat Sizes, Vote Rejected (42-54, 4 Not Voting)
The Senate rejected an amendment that would require the FAA Administrator to prohibit air carriers from reducing the size of seats on passenger aircraft.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Sen. David Perdue voted NO
As a larger person, I have always struggled with the way seat sizes have constricted. That said, I have also understood that for more money, I could have more space. That the Senators from Georgia would follow hat the carriers wishes are is little surprise. Delta is big business in this state.
Upcoming Votes:
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization - HR636
The measure would authorize $33.1 billion in funding for FAA programs through fiscal 2017, including those related to unmanned aircraft, equipment certification, and aircraft control system technology.
Slam dunk, consider passage a formality.
More Banks Operating Under the Federal Reserve's Small Bank Holding Company Policy - HR3791
The measure would require the Federal Reserve Board to modify its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement to allow bank and thrift holding companies with assets of up to $5 billion to operate under the policy, up from the current limit of $1 billion.
This one will be tougher, because I would presume that Wall Street pressure would be to keep the restriction heavy on the small bank competition. I predict a failure to pass.
Financial Stability Oversight Council Overhaul - HR3340
The legislation would modify the funding of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Office of Financial Research by making that funding subject to the annual appropriations process, beginning in fiscal 2017. The annual assessments made on bank holding companies and designated nonbank institutions to raise funding to finance the two entities would continue.
Morons considering legislation written by the very people the document is meant to control.
Broadband Internet Access Regulation - HR2666
The measure would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the rates that Internet service providers may charge for broadband Internet service.
Doomed from the start. Frankly either way the vote goes. The Federal government must have total control of this medium, especially after POTUS yielded internet domain control to the United Nations. There will be international demands to use internet access as a tollgate for taxing those that have it. The money will be promised for providing the same benefit to the less fortunate, and largely be used to grease politicians pockets. Other rumblings we are hearing relate to "fairness", the government wants to squelch free speech, especially that speech that is critical liberal governments seeking global unification.
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