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How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 11

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Posted 2024-01-13T02:51:11+00:00 - Updated 2024-01-13T13:00:00+00:00

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Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed a resolution (S. Res. 521), commending Taiwan for its history of democratic elections and expressing support for Taiwan's democratic institutions.

House votes

LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTS: The House has passed the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act (H.R. 788), sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, to bar the federal government from reaching agreements to settle lawsuits that involve payments to non-government entities. Gooden said such settlements mean "Congress has no oversight of where this money is going and how it is spent" and the executive branch is "spending dollars without going through the appropriations process." A bill opponent, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said private groups are frequently "best positioned to remedy harms to society at large that were caused by a corporate wrongdoer's violation of federal environmental, labor, consumer, and financial protections." The vote, on Jan. 11, was 211 yeas to 197 nays.

YEAS: McHenry R-NC (10th), Foxx R-NC (5th), Hudson R-NC (9th), Murphy R-NC (3rd), Rouzer R-NC (7th), Bishop (NC) R-NC (8th), Edwards R-NC (11th)
NAYS: Adams D-NC (12th), Manning D-NC (6th), Ross D-NC (2nd), Nickel D-NC (13th), Davis (NC) D-NC (1st), Foushee D-NC (4th), Jackson (NC) D-NC (14th)

CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The House has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 38), sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to disapprove of and void a 2023 Federal Highway Administration (FHA) rule temporarily waiving Buy America requirements for materials used in electric vehicle chargers. A resolution supporter, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., said "a waiver undercuts domestic investments and risks empowering foreign nations" such as China by giving their charging companies U.S. market share and undermining national security. An opponent, Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said removing the waiver, and thereby exempting electric vehicle chargers from Buy America requirements, "would create uncertainty for the private sector who have based their investments and job creation on the new Buy America standards." The vote, on Jan. 11, was 209 yeas to 198 nays.

YEAS: McHenry R-NC (10th), Foxx R-NC (5th), Hudson R-NC (9th), Murphy R-NC (3rd), Rouzer R-NC (7th), Bishop (NC) R-NC (8th), Edwards R-NC (11th), Davis (NC) D-NC (1st)
NAYS: Adams D-NC (12th), Manning D-NC (6th), Ross D-NC (2nd), Nickel D-NC (13th), Foushee D-NC (4th), Jackson (NC) D-NC (14th)

Senate votes

TEXAS JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John A. Kazen to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Kazen was a private practice lawyer in El Paso and Laredo for more than two decades before becoming a magistrate judge in the District in 2018. A supporter, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said: "Kazen's deep ties to the southern Texas legal community, combined with his courtroom experience as both a litigator and a judge, make him an excellent candidate to serve on the federal bench." The vote, on Jan. 8, was 83 yeas to 14 nays.

YEAS: Tillis R-NC, Budd R-NC

COLORADO JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of S. Kato Crews to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Colorado. Crews has been a federal magistrate judge in Colorado since 2018; for nearly two decades prior, he was a private practice lawyer focused on civil litigation. A supporter, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Crews's "courtroom experience as both an advocate and magistrate judge ensure that he will continue to be an asset to the district court." The vote, on Jan. 10, was 51 yeas to 48 nays.

NAYS: Tillis R-NC, Budd R-NC

SMALL BUSINESSES AND CREDIT: The Senate has failed to override President Biden's veto of a resolution (S.J. Res. 32), sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that would have disapproved of and voided a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau agency rule issued last May that requires banks and other financial companies to submit small business credit application information to the Bureau. Kennedy said the rule would intrude on the privacy of small business owners seeking bank loans by gathering information about their identity and sending it to an insecure government database. The vote to override, on Jan. 10, was 54 yeas to 45 nays, with a two-thirds majority required.

YEAS: Tillis R-NC, Budd R-NC

LABOR STATISTICS: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Erika L. McEntarfer to be the Labor Department's Commissioner of Labor Statistics for a four-year term. McEntarfer has been an economist at the Treasury Department and the Census Bureau, and was also recently an economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisors. The vote, on Jan. 11, was 86 yeas to 8 nays.