HOW DID YOUR FEDERAL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE VOTE LAST WEEK?

Recent Senate Votes

Gibson Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (91-7, 2 Not Voting) The Senate confirmed the nomination of John Gibson to be deputy chief management officer of the Defense Department. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES Engel Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (51-47, 2 Not Voting) The Senate confirmed the nomination of Steven Engel to be an assistant Attorney General. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES Wehrum Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (49-47, 4 Not Voting) The Senate confirmed the nomination of William Wehrum to be an assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Luther Strange voted YES

Recent House Votes

Joint Employer Definition - Vote Passed (242-181, 9 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would define a joint employer as an entity with actual, direct and immediate control over employees, with significant control over essential terms of employment such as hiring, determining pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, and assigning individual work schedules. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Hydropower Regulation - Vote Passed (257-166, 9 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would specify a variety of timeframes and procedures for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to follow in carrying out required permitting and licensing activities for non-federal hydropower projects and would make FERC the lead agency for coordinating all applicable federal authorizations. It would extend, from three years to four, the duration of a preliminary permit for proposed non-federal hydropower projects and would allow project sponsors to initiate construction up to 10 years after a proposed project receives a license from FERC. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Securities Regulations Exemptions - Vote Passed (232-188, 12 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would require an issuer of securities to meet a specific set of criteria in order for the issuer's transactions to constitute a sale of "nonpublic" securities that are exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission and from state regulation. It would require each purchaser to have a substantive pre-existing relationship with an officer or certain shareholders of the issuer, permit no more than 35 purchasers under the exemption over the preceding 12 months, and would cap, at $500,000, the total aggregate amount of securities sold in the 12-month period preceding the transaction. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES