Recent Votes in District#8~Tennessee

Recent Votes for Tennessee's 8th Congressional District:

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Recent Senate Votes:

Debt limit disapproval - Vote Rejected (44-52, 4 Not Voting)The Senate rejected this House resolution to block a $1.2 trillion increase in the $15.2 trillion debt ceiling. The increase automatically took effect on January 27, 2012. Sen. Lamar Alexander voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Bob Corker voted, Not Voting......send e-mail or see bio

Recent House Votes:

Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act - Vote Passed (408-0, 25 Not Voting)The House passed this bill to change the definition of “ultralight” aircraft in the anti-smuggling statute in order to increase penalties for using them to smuggle drugs. The Senate cleared the measure for the president the next day by unanimous consent. It was the last bill sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords before her resignation from Congress. Rep. Stephen Fincher voted YES......send e-mail or see bio
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Upcoming Votes:

Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 - S.2038 The Senate is scheduled to take up this bill to ban members and aides from trading stocks using information learned through the course of their duties.

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011 - H.R.1173 The House is scheduled to take up this bill repealing the CLASS Act, a provision in the health care law intended to provide long-term care to seniors.

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011 - H.R.3582 This House bill would require the Congressional Budget Office to take into account the effect a bill might have on the economy when analyzing a bill.

Baseline Reform Act of 2011 - H.R.3578 This House bill would stop the Congressional Budget Office from incorporating inflation projections into their bill analysis.

Editorial : Any of the above Bill`s affect you ? Does me ! Better keep up.