Politics Zoom | Fred Keller

VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Yes
07/23/2019-11:29pm
H.R.3304 To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
Became Public Law No: 116-53., 2 months ago

VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: Yes
10/16/2019-6:44pm
H.J.RES.77 Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246., 4 weeks ago

NEWS:

LOBBYISTS:

NEUTRAL

Cannabis

VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Yes
09/25/2019-9:42pm
H.R.1595 To create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs., 1 month ago

NEWS:

LOBBYISTS:

NEUTRAL

Immigration

VOTE: On Passage: No
07/25/2019-9:59pm
VOTE: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: Yes
07/25/2019-9:44pm
VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: No
07/23/2019-11:18pm
H.R.549 To designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary., 3 months ago

VOTE: On Agreeing to the Resolution: No
09/25/2019-5:48pm
VOTE: On Ordering the Previous Question on the Amendment and the Resolution: No
09/25/2019-5:37pm
H.RES.577 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2203) to increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement within the Department of Homeland Security, provide independent oversight of border security activities, improve training for agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3525) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish uniform processes for medical screening of individuals interdicted between ports of entry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 576) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection., 1 month ago

VOTE: On Passage: No
09/25/2019-10:07pm
VOTE: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: Yes
09/25/2019-10:00pm
H.R.2203 To increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement within the Department of Homeland Security, provide independent oversight of border security activities, improve training for agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs., 1 month ago

NEWS:

LOBBYISTS:

NEUTRAL

LGBTQ

VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Yes
10/28/2019-11:16pm
H.R.2115 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide greater transparency of discounts provided by drug manufacturers.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance., 2 weeks ago

NEWS:

LOBBYISTS:

NEUTRAL

Opioids

VOTE: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: Yes
09/27/2019-3:13pm
H.R.3722 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a Joint Task Force to enhance integration of the Department of Homeland Security's border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States, and for other purposes.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs., 1 month ago

NEWS:

LOBBYISTS:

DONORS/LOBBYISTS:

- Company
- Amount
- American Bankers Association
- $5k
- Credit Union National Association
- $5k
- National Association of Realtors
- $5k
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
- $5k
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY
- $5k
- American Optometric Association
- $3k
- PPL Corporation
- $3k
- Cozen O'Connor PC (f/k/a Cozen O' Connor Public Startegies)
- $3k
- FARM CREDIT COUNCIL
- $3k
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.
- $2.5k

Based on the July 2019 report, next report due August 20th.

CONGRESS:

Sponsored Legislation[2]

• To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, as the "Melinda Gene Piccotti Post Office".
• To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a crime punishable by death.

Co-Sponsored Legislation[11]

• To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
• To establish in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum, and for other purposes.
• Expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as "National Workforce Development Month" and recognizing the necessity of investing in workforce development to support workers and to help employers succeed in a global economy.
• To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennslyvania, as the "Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building".
• Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California's 28th Congressional District.
• To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, and for other purposes.
• To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to carry out a State workforce incentive program.
• To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, and for other purposes.
• To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.
• To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
• To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.