The following table allows you to view all of my votes, with the most recent at the top. Here is a brief description of what each column in the table represents.
DATE: The month and day that the vote took place.
RC#: Each time an official vote is taken, it is given a number. This is the roll call number, or RC#. A vote does not always mean the passage or failure of legislation. Some votes are procedural, much like approving the minutes of a meeting, while others simply serve to try to move legislation forward toward a pass or fail vote.
BILL: This is the official number of the bill. Each bill number is preceded by H.R., which stands for House Resolution.
QUESTION: This is the description of the vote. "On Passage" means to approve a bill. "On Motion To Recommit" is a vote to move a bill to a full "On Passage" vote."On Agreeing To The Amendment" is a vote to approve an amendment to a bill. "On Ordering the Previous Question" is a vote keeping debate open and attempting to replace a bill with an alternative version.
VOTE: "Nay" or "No" indicates a "no" vote and "Yea" or "Aye" indicates a "yes" vote. There’s no meaningful difference between Yea and Aye, nor between Nay and No. They both mean “I vote in favor” or “I vote against”. The difference comes down to procedure. The Constitution actually requires “Yea” and “Nay” to be used for votes on the passage of bills. Both the House and Senate do this. However, on House voice votes, where no physical count is made of a vote, "Aye" and "No" are used. So you will see "Aye" and "No" for voice votes but "Yea" and "Nay" for recorded votes. Also keep in mind that if the Speaker determines that a voice vote has gone to one side, let's say the "Ayes" have it, then everyone is recorded with an Aye vote, even if you we saying "No" on the floor. Congress Members can request that the votes be counted on any voice vote, where they would then be registered as “Yeas” and “Nays”.
An amendment numbered 16 printed in Part B of House Report 115-712 to appropriate $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to help Congress understand emerging technologies and their policy implications. Offset by funds from an administrative account within the Architect of the Capitol.
An amendment numbered 15 printed in Part B of House Report 115-712 to reestablish a semiannual Government Accountability Office financial review of obligated expenditures from the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, and requires the report's findings to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary of the House, and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Judiciary of the Senate.
An amendment numbered 10 printed in Part B of House Report 115-712 to prohibit the use of funds to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance related to the social cost of carbon.
An amendment numbered 39 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to reduce the total amount of appropriations made available by $1.5 billion to match the fiscal year 2018 enacted level.
An amendment numbered 34 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to provide for a one percent across the board cut to the discretionary spending levels in Division A of the bill.
An amendment numbered 31 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to strike Sec.505, which prohibits funds from being used for further implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean Policy.
An amendment numbered 29 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to use the Holman Rule to reduce the salary of Mark Gabriel, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, to $1.
An amendment numbered 27 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to restore the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation account to the FY2018 funding level by giving the Weapons Activities account a $404 million increase.
An amendment numbered 26 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to strike $65 million for the W76-2 warhead and transfer it to Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation account.
An amendment numbered 18 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to increase ARPA-E to its FY18 enacted level and reduces Fossil Energy R&D by the same amount.
An amendment numbered 13 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to increase funding to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for the purposes of offshore wind job training grants.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5895) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on May 8, 2018, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974.
Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5895) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on May 8, 2018, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974.
