HOW DID OUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE VOTE LAST WEEK?

January 19, 2016 In this MegaVote for Alabama's 5th District Editor's Note: The House is not in session this week.

Recent Senate Votes

Auditing the Federal Reserve – Motion to Proceed - Vote Failed (53-44, 3 Not Voting) The Senate rejected the Perdue, R-Ga. motion to proceed to a bill that requires the full audit of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Banks by the Comptroller General for the United States. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Jeff Sessions voted YES

Recent House Votes

Delay Mountaintop Mining Valley Fill Rules -- Passage - Vote Passed (235-188, 10 Not Voting) The House passed a bill that prevents the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) from issuing any final rules related to coal mining activities near streams, including updating a stream buffer zones (SBZ) rule, until after the National Academy of Sciences submits a study on the effectiveness of existing rules in effect — effectively delaying any new or revised SBZ rules for at least three years. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Disapprove "Waters of the United States" Rule -- Passage - Vote Passed (253-166, 14 Not Voting) The chamber passed a joint resolution which disapproves of the rule issued by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers on June 29, 2015, commonly known as the "waters of the United States" rule that seeks to clarify the federal government's authority to regulate certain intrastate waters under the Clean Water Act, providing that the rule will have no force or effect. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES

Upcoming Votes

Refugee Vetting - HR4038 The bill would prohibit refugees from Syria or Iraq from being admitted into the United States without undergoing a comprehensive, government-certified vetting process.