MegaVote: May 21, 2012
Editor’s Note: The House is in recess this week. Recent Senate Votes Paul Budget Resolution - Vote Rejected (16-83, 1 Not Voting), Roll Call No. 100 This budget resolution from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., would set new FY 2013 budget authority at $3.084 trillion. According to the Senator, his resolution would balance the budget in five years and…
Constitutional Conflict Holds Up Domestic Violence Bill
A conflict over how spending is approved is stalling a domestic violence bill. House Republican leaders object to a revenue provision in the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, which passed the Senate with bipartisan support last month, reports CQ’s John Gramlich. The House has long interpreted the Constitution’s Origination Clause to mean all revenue legislation…
House Passes GOP Version of Domestic Violence Bill
The House passed a Republican version of a domestic violence bill. On a mostly party-line vote, the GOP majority approved a five-year renewal of the Violence Against Women Act which does not extend protection to gays and lesbians, illegal immigrants and Native Americans, reports Reuters. The Obama administration prefers a Democratic version of the bill which…
Daily Briefing: Middle Men
Today’s vote on legislation to update the Violence Against Women Act — which, until now, had provided federal money to prevent domestic abuse and protect its victims for 17 years without starting any partisan warfare — affords the relative handful of GOP centrists remaining in the House to rise up and cause some heartache for the leadership….
House GOP Offers Narrower Domestic Violence Bill
House Republicans are backing their own version of a domestic violence bill. Thirty-six GOP Members, including Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, are co-sponsoring a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, reports CQ’s John Gramlich. The measure is being sponsored by Rep. Sandy Adams (R-Fla.) and co-sponsored by nearly all of the Republican women. It…
