While most of the news cycle was focused on a new record in the House of five censures in a single week and legislation forcing the release of the Epstein files passing and being signed into law, here are some important votes that you may not have read about.
Fixing Past Mistakes
The House passed legislation this week that repeals the provision in the recent government funding deal which granted a handful of Senators (who had their individual liberties trampled upon by the Biden DOJ/FBI) special privileges to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 as a result of the Arctic Frost scandal. The Arctic Frost scandal is a gross abuse of power and those responsible must be held accountable — but taxpayers are rightly recognizing that they should not have to foot the bill.
Thankfully, these Senators have all publicly said that they will not be using this provision … well, almost all of them.
Cleaning Up D.C.
Like most major cities, the decline of our nation’s capital is the culmination of years of gross mismanagement by Democrat mayors and their leftist allies. From the drug-ridden homeless encampments at Union Station or the small businesses subject to ransacking by criminal gangs, our nation’s capital over the years has continued to get more dangerous. That’s why the House passed the CLEAN D.C. Act (H.R. 5107), which gets rid of cashless bail in our nation’s capital.
Heritage Action was proud to support this legislation.
Condemning Socialism
Yesterday the House passed a resolution condemning socialism. Resolutions are typically a messaging effort without legislative authority. However, what’s concerning is the fact that over half of the Democrats voted against condemning socialism. That just shows how far they’ve drifted to the left.
The resolution quotes James Madison, who aptly wrote: