[Vision2020] The Party of no?

[Gary Crabtree]

Oops, lets try that a little different:

August 4, 2014

In this MegaVote for Idaho's 1st Congressional District:

*Recent Congressional Votes*

   - Senate: McDonald Nomination - Confirmation
   - Senate: Veterans Benefits - Conference Report
   - Senate: Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization - Motion to Recede
   - House: Veterans Benefits - Conference Report
   - House: Litigation Against President - Adoption
   - House: Supplemental Border Appropriations - Passage



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*Editor's Note: *Both chambers are in recess until the week of September 8.

* Recent Senate Votes**McDonald Nomination - Confirmation* - Vote
*Confirmed* (97-0, 3 Not Voting)

The Senate voted to confirm President Barack Obama's nomination of Robert
Alan McDonald of Ohio to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

*Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
*Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*

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*Veterans Benefits - Conference Report* - Vote *Agreed to* (91-3, 6 Not
Voting)

The Senate voted to adopt the conference report on a bill that would
provide for $10 billion in emergency spending for care at non-Veterans
Affairs facilities and allow veterans to obtain health care at such
facilities if they live more than 40 miles from a VA clinic or can't get an
appointment at a VA clinic within 30 days. It would provide for $5 billion
in spending for expedited authority to hire more doctors, nurses and other
health care professionals and would authorize leases for the opening of 27
new VA health facilities. The bill is cleared for the president’s signature.

*Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
*Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*

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*Highway Trust Fund Reauthorization - Motion to Recede* - Vote *Agreed to*
(81-13, 6 Not Voting)

The Senate voted to agree to a motion to recede from the Senate amendment
and thus clear for the president’s signature a bill that would reauthorize
the federal-aid highway and transit programs for eight months, through May
31, 2015, and transfer $10.8 billion in other federal funds to the Highway
Trust Fund to cover projected trust fund shortfalls.

*Sen. Michael Crapo* voted *YES*
*Sen. Jim Risch* voted *YES*

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* Recent House Votes**Veterans Benefits - Conference Report* - Vote *Passed*
(420-5, 7 Not Voting)

The House voted to suspend the rules and adopt the conference report on a
bill that would authorize $10 billion in emergency spending for care at
non-Veterans Affairs facilities and allow veterans to obtain health care at
such facilities if they live more than 40 miles from a VA clinic or can't
get an appointment at a VA clinic within 30 days. It would provide $5
billion for expedited authority to hire more doctors, nurses and other
health care professionals and would authorize leases for the opening of 27
new VA health facilities.

*Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*

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*Litigation Against President - Adoption* - Vote *Passed* (225-201, 6 Not
Voting)

The House voted to adopt a resolution that would authorize the speaker of
the House to file a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the House against
the president and other administration officials for failing "to act in a
manner consistent with that official's duties under the Constitution and
laws of the United States" to implement provisions of the 2010 health care
overhaul or related laws.

*Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*

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*Supplemental Border Appropriations - Passage* - Vote *Passed* (223-189, 20
Not Voting)

The House voted to pass a bill that would provide $694 million for federal
agencies involved in border control and the housing and care of
unaccompanied migrant children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border for
the rest of fiscal 2014, including $405 million for Homeland Security
Department border security and law enforcement activities.

*Rep. Raul Labrador* voted *YES*


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
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