Mary Miller (R, IL-15), who smiles as she poses with veterans, voted against S. 3373, the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, described as “a bill to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and the Children of Fallen Heroes Grant.” She was one of eighty-eight House members, all Republicans, who voted against the bill. The bill was then killed in the Senate by Republican votes, twenty-five of them from senators who had previously voted for the bill.
Miller’s Democratic opponent in November, Paul Lange, finally has a website and Twitter account. You’d never know from his website who he’s running against. You’d never know from his Twitter account about Miller’s vote on S. 3373 or many of her other votes. Not that it matters, because IL-15 was designed as a deep-red, non-competitive district.
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Is it just me, or is it genuinely difficult to find Congressional votes in a timely way? GovTrack.us still doesn’t have the final Senate vote on S. 3373. Congress.gov has the latest Senate vote yet shows the bill as going to the president.
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Try this webpage: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/votes_new.htm
kirsten
That’s helpful — thanks, Kirsten. Starting from senate.gov, I can’t figure out how you got to it. Am I missing something that should be obvious?
I think I originally found it via a search on the web. But in looking at the pulldown menu under "Legislation and Records" there is one marked "Votes". The "Votes" page lists the most recent votes and has historical data also.
I spent 9 years working policy issues in DC so learned a few tricks. The Senate and House websites have so much info on them but you have to figure out where it's buried!
kirsten
Aah, now I see. And even then, without knowing the number of the bill, you’re left to guess.
If I ran the world, every news article about a congressional vote would have a link to a tally, by vote, by state, and by party. It makes me crazy when I read about a bill with no immediate way to see who voted how.
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