Politics Zoom | Ron Estes

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: No
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., 3 weeks ago

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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

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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

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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

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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., 4 weeks ago

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- Company
- Amount
- Honeywell International
- $50.5k
- Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
- $29k
- ALSTON & BIRD LLP
- $22k
- Credit Union National Association
- $21k
- Textron, Inc.
- $18.5k
- H&R Block, Inc.
- $16k
- AT&T Services, Inc. and its affiliates
- $15k
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY
- $15k
- Poet, LLC
- $15k
- National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
- $15k

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

CONGRESS:

Sponsored Legislation[2]

• To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome.
• Commending the performance of the Special Operations Forces and a military working dog in the eradication of the terrorist leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Co-Sponsored Legislation[18]

• To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.
• To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.
• Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Mexico City policy.
• To prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
• To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit 529 plans to be used for certain non-degree technical training certificate programs and apprenticeship programs.
• To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to nursing facility requirements, and for other purposes.
• To protect the investment choices of investors in the United States, and for other purposes.
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying the constructive ownership rules to controlled foreign corporations, and for other purposes.
• To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for TANF recipients.
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for research and experimental expenditures.
• To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.
• To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey, and for other purposes.
• Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California's 28th Congressional District.
• To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the taxation of unearned income of certain children.
• To amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, and for other purposes.
• Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should formally withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
• To assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, and for other purposes.

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