This week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs act of 2012 (H.R.7). The legislation reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for the next five years, at a cost of over $262 billion. At $52.6 billion per year, this transportation bill would spend nearly $14 billion more per [...]
Key Vote
Key votes and co-sponsorships that Heritage Action will include on our legislative scorecard.
Key Vote Alert: “NO” on the Senate Transportation Bill
February 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This week, the Senate is expected to vote on the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (S.1813). The MAP-21 transportation reauthorization extends transportation funding and programs for 2 years at a cost of $109 billion. While MAP-21 is earmark free and includes some reforms, it continues to fund the highway, safety, and transit programs [...]
Key Vote Alert: “YES” on the Toomey Amendment
February 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This week, the Senate may vote on the Toomey Amendment to the STOCK Act (S.2038). The amendment, known as the Earmark Elimination Act of 2012, would create a permanent ban on earmarks in the Senate. It would “not be in order” for the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, amendment or conference report that contained earmarks. Essentially, [...]
Key Vote Alert: NO on Leahy-Cornyn Amendment
February 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This week, the Senate may vote on the Leahy-Cornyn Amendment to the STOCK Act (S.2038). The amendment would undo a unanimous Supreme Court decision (United States v. Sun-Diamond Growers) and expand a fraud law that was so vague and overbroad that another unanimous Supreme Court decision (Skilling v. United States) found it necessary to narrow [...]
Key Vote Alert: “YES” on the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act
January 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Next week, the House will vote on the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011 (H.R.3582). The bill would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include a dynamic score, in addition to a static score, for any “major bill or resolution.” A dynamic analysis would include potential economic impacts (i.e., impact on economic growth, employment, etc.) [...]
