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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Sept. 30, 2022 | National | HR 8987 | Fairness for 9/11 Families Act | Bill Passed - House (400 - 31) |
Sept. 29, 2022 | National | HR 6833 | Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 | Bill Passed - Senate (72 - 25) |
Sept. 29, 2022 | National | HR 3843 | Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (242 - 184) |
Sept. 29, 2022 | National | HR 7780 | Mental Health Matters Act | Bill Passed - House (220 - 205) |
Sept. 22, 2022 | National | HR 6448 | Invest to Protect Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (360 - 64) |
Sept. 22, 2022 | National | HR 4118 | Break the Cycle of Violence Act | Bill Passed - House (220 - 207) |
Sept. 22, 2022 | National | HR 8542 | Mental Health Justice Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (223 - 206) |
Sept. 22, 2022 | National | HR 5768 | Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (250 - 178) |
Sept. 21, 2022 | National | S 1098 | Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act | Bill Passed - House (232 - 193) |
Sept. 21, 2022 | National | HR 8873 | Presidential Election Reform Act | Bill Passed - House (229 - 203) |
Sept. 19, 2022 | National | HR 1456 | Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (290 - 125) |
Sept. 15, 2022 | National | HR 2988 | Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (221 - 203) |
Sept. 15, 2022 | National | HR 302 | Preventing a Patronage System Act (PPSA Act of 2021) | Bill Passed - House (225 - 204) |
Sept. 15, 2022 | National | HR 8326 | Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act | Bill Passed - House (220 - 208) |
Sept. 13, 2022 | National | HR 5315 | Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act | Bill Passed - House (308 - 110) |
Aug. 12, 2022 | National | HR 5376 | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (220 - 207) |
Aug. 7, 2022 | National | HR 5376 | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 50) |
Aug. 4, 2022 | National | S J Res 55 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions. | Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (50 - 47) |
Aug. 2, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (86 - 11) |
July 29, 2022 | National | HR 263 | Big Cat Public Safety Act | Bill Passed - House (278 - 134) |
July 29, 2022 | National | HR 1808 | Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (217 - 213) |
July 29, 2022 | National | HR 5118 | Continental Divide Trail Completion Act | Bill Passed - House (218 - 199) |
July 28, 2022 | National | HR 4346 | Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022) | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (243 - 187) |
July 28, 2022 | National | HR 7776 | James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | Bill Passed - Senate (93 - 1) |
July 27, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (55 - 42) |
July 27, 2022 | National | HR 4346 | Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022) | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (64 - 33) |
July 27, 2022 | National | HR 6929 | Susan Muffley Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (254 - 175) |
July 27, 2022 | National | HR 3771 | South Asian Heart Awareness and Research Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (237 - 192) |
July 27, 2022 | National | HR 4040 | Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (416 - 12) |
July 26, 2022 | National | HR 8454 | Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act | Bill Passed - House (325 - 95) |
July 21, 2022 | National | HR 8373 | Right to Contraception Act | Bill Passed - House (228 - 195) |
July 20, 2022 | National | HR 8294 | Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 | Bill Passed - House (220 - 207) |
July 19, 2022 | National | HR 8404 | Respect for Marriage Act | Bill Passed - House (267 - 157) |
July 18, 2022 | National | H Res 1130 | Expressing support for the sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as calling on all members of NATO to ratify the protocols of accession swiftly | Resolution Passed - House (394 - 18) |
July 15, 2022 | National | HR 8351 | Formula Act | Bill Passed - House (421 - 2) |
July 15, 2022 | National | HR 8297 | Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (223 - 205) |
July 15, 2022 | National | HR 8296 | Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (219 - 210) |
July 14, 2022 | National | HR 7900 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 | Bill Passed - House (329 - 101) |
July 13, 2022 | National | S 3373 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (342 - 88) |
July 13, 2022 | National | HR 6538 | Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (260 - 169) |
June 24, 2022 | National | S 2938 | Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (234 - 193) |
June 23, 2022 | National | S 2938 | Bipartisan Safer Communities Act | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (65 - 33) |
June 23, 2022 | National | HR 4176 | LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act | Bill Passed - House (220 - 201) |
June 16, 2022 | National | HR 3967 | Honoring our PACT Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - Senate (84 - 14) |
June 16, 2022 | National | HR 7606 | Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (221 - 204) |
June 15, 2022 | National | HR 2543 | Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act | Bill Passed - House (215 - 207) |
June 14, 2022 | National | HR 2773 | Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (231 - 190) |
June 9, 2022 | National | HR 2377 | Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (224 - 202) |
June 8, 2022 | National | HR 7910 | Protecting Our Kids Act | Bill Passed - House (223 - 204) |
May 26, 2022 | National | HR 350 | Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (47 - 47) |
May 26, 2022 | National | S J Res 46 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers". | Joint Resolution Failed - Senate (46 - 48) |
May 19, 2022 | National | HR 7691 | Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. | Bill Passed - Senate (86 - 11) |
May 19, 2022 | National | S 4008 | Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022 | Cloture Not Invoked - Senate (52 - 43) |
May 19, 2022 | National | HR 7688 | Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act | Bill Passed - House (217 - 207) |
May 18, 2022 | National | HR 7790 | Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 | Bill Passed - House (231 - 192) |
May 18, 2022 | National | HR 350 | Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (222 - 203) |
May 18, 2022 | National | HR 7791 | Access to Baby Formula Act | Bill Passed - House (414 - 9) |
May 13, 2022 | National | HR 5129 | Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (246 - 169) |
May 11, 2022 | National | HR 2499 | Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (288 - 131) |
May 11, 2022 | National | HR 7081 | Ukraine Comprehensive Debt Payment Relief Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (362 - 56) |
May 11, 2022 | National | S 4132 | Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 | Bill Failed - Senate (49 - 51) |
May 10, 2022 | National | HR 7691 | Making emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. | Bill Passed - House (368 - 57) |
April 28, 2022 | National | S 3522 | Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (417 - 10) |
April 7, 2022 | National | PN 1783 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States | Nomination Confirmed - Senate (53 - 47) |
April 7, 2022 | National | HR 3807 | Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021 | Bill Passed - House (223 - 203) |
April 6, 2022 | National | H Res 1037 | Recommending that the House of Representatives find Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr., in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol. | Resolution Passed - House (220 - 203) |
April 4, 2022 | National | HR 5657 | Medical Marijuana Research Act | Bill Passed - House (343 - 75) |
April 4, 2022 | National | HR 1916 | Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act | Bill Passed - House (310 - 110) |
April 1, 2022 | National | HR 3617 | Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act | Bill Passed - House (220 - 204) |
March 31, 2022 | National | HR 6833 | The Affordable Insulin Now Act | Bill Passed - House (232 - 193) |
March 28, 2022 | National | HR 4521 | America COMPETES Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - Senate (68 - 28) |
March 18, 2022 | National | HR 2116 | Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (CROWN Act of 2021) | Bill Passed - House (235 - 185) |
March 17, 2022 | National | HR 7108 | Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act | Bill Passed - House (424 - 8) |
March 17, 2022 | National | HR 963 | FAIR Act of 2022 | Bill Passed - House (222 - 209) |
March 15, 2022 | National | S J Res 37 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to "Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs". | Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (57 - 40) |