Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report (MoCTrack)
Welcome to the Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending November 22, 2020. Congress has mostly left DC for a thanksgiving at home in their districts, but they passed a whole lot of legislation before leaving. Don’t forget to check out how often your MoCs vote with the Trump agenda in our Trump Tracker, powered by Five Thirty Eight Politics.
VOTES – Both the House and Senate took votes this week.
We did things a bit differently this week. First, we have a segment on how two different GOP lawmakers differed in their level of presidential election acceptance on a single day. This Saturday opened up with PA-16’s Rep. Mike Kelly filing a state lawsuit to invalidate the votes of 2.5 million Pennsylvanians. And the day ended with Senator Pat Toomey issuing a statement accepting Joe Biden as our president-elect. Then we do a comparison of senatorial priorities by contrasting the two longest Twitter threads issued by our senators’ offices this week. Senator Casey was concerned about the children and families being held in the Berks Detention Center and the Trump Administration’s continuing efforts to have them deported. Meanwhile Senator Toomey spent his time thanking the Treasury Department for returning unspent covid-relief funding. We close out the communication section with tweets of the week from each of our 20 Pennsylvania Members of Congress.
CALL to ACTION
We’re all about Georgia again this week. We have tools for you to get involved with the upcoming Senate run-off – the election that will decide if the first two years of the Biden Administration will be spent enduring obstruction or implementing legislative solutions.
PA-01
Sorry folks, no special report for you this week. Brian Fitzpatrick still has not said anything new about recognizing Joe Biden as our president-elect. Until he does so, I have no real interest in sharing his communication staff’s press releases about China, horses or Rosie the Riveter.
Make sure you know what is being done in your name! Read MoCTrack, because these lawmakers work for you!
Welcome to the Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending November 22, 2020. Congress has mostly left DC for a thanksgiving at home in their districts, but they passed a whole lot of legislation before leaving. Don’t forget to check out how often your MoCs vote with the Trump agenda in our Trump Tracker, powered by Five Thirty Eight Politics.
VOTES – Both the House and Senate took votes this week.
- The Senate passed the 2021 Defense Authorization by voice vote in a different version from what the House passed in July, necessitating the House to vote for a conference committee to negotiate a compromise version of the funding package.
- A bill authorizing additional funding for an apprenticeship program sparked a partisan divide.
- The Senate confirmed FIVE new judges – for Mississippi, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida and the International Trade Court. Two have minimal legal experience, with one having only received her law degree eight years ago.
- Over sixty bills and resolutions passed unanimously, via either voice vote or unanimous consent. We’ve collected all of them into one list for your convenience.
We did things a bit differently this week. First, we have a segment on how two different GOP lawmakers differed in their level of presidential election acceptance on a single day. This Saturday opened up with PA-16’s Rep. Mike Kelly filing a state lawsuit to invalidate the votes of 2.5 million Pennsylvanians. And the day ended with Senator Pat Toomey issuing a statement accepting Joe Biden as our president-elect. Then we do a comparison of senatorial priorities by contrasting the two longest Twitter threads issued by our senators’ offices this week. Senator Casey was concerned about the children and families being held in the Berks Detention Center and the Trump Administration’s continuing efforts to have them deported. Meanwhile Senator Toomey spent his time thanking the Treasury Department for returning unspent covid-relief funding. We close out the communication section with tweets of the week from each of our 20 Pennsylvania Members of Congress.
CALL to ACTION
We’re all about Georgia again this week. We have tools for you to get involved with the upcoming Senate run-off – the election that will decide if the first two years of the Biden Administration will be spent enduring obstruction or implementing legislative solutions.
PA-01
Sorry folks, no special report for you this week. Brian Fitzpatrick still has not said anything new about recognizing Joe Biden as our president-elect. Until he does so, I have no real interest in sharing his communication staff’s press releases about China, horses or Rosie the Riveter.
Make sure you know what is being done in your name! Read MoCTrack, because these lawmakers work for you!
|
Want to check out our 2019, the legislative year in review report? It's right here, with details for all 20 of Pennsylvania's MoCs. |
Familiarize yourself with PA-01 Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's TEN Worst Votes
|
This is where we will keep our archive of older, previous weeks' MoCTrack Reports from the 116th Congress. |
