Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report (MoCTrack)
Welcome to the Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending October 4, 2020. Both Houses passed a lot of bills this week, a number of lawmakers announced their positive coronavirus tests and Mitch McConnell just announced that the Senate would be going into recess through October 19th. It’s been a wild, wild week. Let’s get caught up, shall we?
VOTES – The House and the Senate both took votes this week.
OTHER SECTIONS
The biggest news of the week is that Pat Toomey is retiring in 2022. But we also have the tweets of the week from our 20 MoCs, quotes of the week from Bob Casey, Pat Toomey and Brian Fitzpatrick. And out Call to Action this week is for a digital rally on 10/9 to TELL TOOMEY how we feel about the GOP forcing through the confirmation of a new justice to the Supreme Court.
PA-01
Sorry neighbors, once again there was not enough specific Brian Fitzpatrick content this week to warrant a full, separate report (I suppose he’s letting all of those corporate-PAC funded attack ads speak for him?) So why not revisit Brian Fitzpatrick’s TEN WORST VOTES?
Follow the votes and quotes from our Pennsylvania Members of Congress, because they work for US!
Welcome to the Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending October 4, 2020. Both Houses passed a lot of bills this week, a number of lawmakers announced their positive coronavirus tests and Mitch McConnell just announced that the Senate would be going into recess through October 19th. It’s been a wild, wild week. Let’s get caught up, shall we?
VOTES – The House and the Senate both took votes this week.
- The Senate followed in the House’s footsteps and passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 11, 2020.
- The House passed a new Phase Four coronavirus relief package with no GOP support. The Democrats reduced the price tag from $3.4 trillion to $2.2 trillion, but the GOP is still stubborn in its commitment to not helping struggling people.
- After Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey faced death threats from QAnon extremists, the House passed a resolution condemning the group and its conspiracy theories. Two Pennsylvania GOP MoCs were among the 18 lawmakers who voted NO to this.
- Last week the House voted to stop trade goods made by forced Uyghur labor from coming into our country. They took a vote on a matching bill, to call on corporations to disclose when forced Uyghur labor is a part of their supply chain, and GOP lawmakers balked at upsetting their corporate donors.
- Louie Gohmert is the biggest jerk in the House, and he proved it by forcing a ridiculous vote to outlaw the Democratic Party. And every PA GOP MoC present for the vote had his back.
- Two things that should have had unanimous support but weren’t – the House resolution to condemn unnecessary medical procedures performed on detainees without consent, and the House resolution to support the concept of a peaceful transition of power.
OTHER SECTIONS
The biggest news of the week is that Pat Toomey is retiring in 2022. But we also have the tweets of the week from our 20 MoCs, quotes of the week from Bob Casey, Pat Toomey and Brian Fitzpatrick. And out Call to Action this week is for a digital rally on 10/9 to TELL TOOMEY how we feel about the GOP forcing through the confirmation of a new justice to the Supreme Court.
PA-01
Sorry neighbors, once again there was not enough specific Brian Fitzpatrick content this week to warrant a full, separate report (I suppose he’s letting all of those corporate-PAC funded attack ads speak for him?) So why not revisit Brian Fitzpatrick’s TEN WORST VOTES?
Follow the votes and quotes from our Pennsylvania Members of Congress, because they work for US!
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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
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This is where we will keep our archive of older, previous weeks' MoCTrack Reports from the 116th Congress. |
