WASHINGTON — Right here is how Oklahoma’s members of the U.S. Senate and Home of Representatives voted on key payments and amendments final week.
HomeTRIBAL CHILDREN: The Home has handed a invoice (S. 325), sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to increase to 5 years the deadline for the Alyce Noticed Bear and Walter Soboleff Fee on Native Youngsters to submit its report back to the federal authorities on federal applications and insurance policies that contain American Indian kids. A supporter, Rep. Don Younger, R-Alaska, mentioned the extension would give the fee wanted time to satisfy with tribes and different events to make well-considered suggestions. The vote, on Aug. 23, was 418 yeas to 7 nays.
YEAS: Reps. Markwayne Mullin, Stephanie Bice, Kevin Hern, Frank Lucas, Tom Cole
BUDGETING PROCESS: The Home has handed the Congressional Finances Justification Transparency Act (S. 272), sponsored by Sen. Gary C. Peters, D-Mich., to require federal authorities companies to publish their price range justification supplies on the Web. A supporter, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., mentioned: “Requiring every company to offer detailed plain language explanations of how they intend to spend taxpayer {dollars} ensures Individuals can assessment these selections at any time.” The vote, on Aug. 23, was 423 yeas to 1 nay.
YEAS: Mullin, Bice, Hern, Lucas, Cole
