H.R. 1069, the “PROTECT Our Kids Act,” would prohibit federal education funds from being awarded to any elementary or secondary school that directly or indirectly receives support from the government of the People’s Republic of China. This includes partnerships with Confucius Institutes or Classrooms and other arrangements involving Chinese government-backed funding, materials, or personnel.

The House passed H.R. 1069 on December 4, 2025 by a vote of 247 to 164 (Roll Call 313). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not permit Congress to fund or legislate on education. Furthermore, federal funds should not subsidize foreign governments’ propaganda, especially adversarial communist regimes with a documented record of censorship and influence operations. Allowing China to finance curricula, personnel, or materials in American schools threatens national sovereignty, undermines parental authority, and exposes students to ideological indoctrination incompatible with American principles.

S. J. Res. 80 would overturn a 2022 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule for the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). This disapproval restores a less-restrictive plan that opens more areas to development, and reverses the closure of 48 percent of the NPR-A.

The House passed S. J. Res. 80 on November 18, 2025 by a vote of 216 to 209 (Roll Call 296). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Congress' disapproval nullifies an unconstitutional regulation that imposed restrictive land management and burdened American energy production under the pretext of environmental protection. The BLM's management of lands exceeds constitutional limits under Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3; and the 10th Amendment. Additionally, such environmentalist policies align with the UN's Agenda 2030, undermining national sovereignty and individual liberty. Congress should reject such policies, abolish the BLM, and transfer lands to state or private ownership.

H.R. 5125, the “District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025,” would abolish the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, allow the U.S. president to nominate D.C. judges without its involvement, and transfer authority to appoint chief judges from the commission to the president. Currently, the president can only nominate individuals recommended by the commission.

The House passed H.R. 5125 on September 17, 2025 by a vote of 218 to 211 (Roll Call 274). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission infringes upon the president’s authority to “nominate” and “appoint … Officers of the United States” under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. Article II, Section 2 checks the president’s appointment powers by requiring Senate confirmation for “Officers of the United States” and allowing Congress to “vest the Appointment of … inferior Officers” in “Courts of Law” or “Heads of Departments,” but it does not permit the use of technocratic commissions to check the president’s authority.

During consideration of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838), Representative Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) offered an amendment to prohibit the Defense Department (aka War Department) from, in its military recruitment advertising, entering into contracts with entities that “rate or rank news or information sources for the factual accuracy of their content.”

The House adopted McCormick’s amendment on September 10, 2025 by a vote of 219 to 211 (Roll Call 258). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because freedom of speech is a right enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution, and the government trespasses on this right when it contracts with entities that (as Congress.gov puts it in its description of the amendment) “perform fact-checking and information-grading services for purposes of censoring their political opponents.” McCormick noted on the House floor that his amendment is necessary because “the DOD, or now the Department of War, has contracted with organizations such as NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index,” whose ratings display a decidedly left-wing bias. He also said, “We should not be excluding large swaths of Americans [from military recruiting efforts] simply because they watch or read conservative news.”

During consideration of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838), Representative Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) offered an amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense from covering or providing “gender-related medical treatment” under TRICARE.

The House adopted Mace’s amendment on September 10, 2025 by a vote of 221 to 207 (Roll Call 246). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Congress has every duty to forbid grossly illicit acts of sexual perversion in the armed forces. Members of the Military Health System have no right to undergo or perform “gender-affirming” treatment, let alone force taxpayers to pay for it through the federal TRICARE program. Sex mutilation is a grotesque practice that not only violates the “unalienable” right to life and limb, but absurdly conflates biological sex with fictional “gender identity” constructs. Since the Obama administration, “gender-neutral” policies have been used to socially engineer an effeminate and subversive culture in the armed forces, resulting in homosexuals serving openly in the ranks, women in combat, and transgendered troops. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to restore the order, discipline, and very purpose of the military.

During consideration of the fiscal 2026 energy-water appropriations bill (H.R. 4553), Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.), acting for Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas), offered an amendment to strike all funding for the now-defunct Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

The House rejected Scott's amendment on September 4, 2025 by a vote of 127 to 297 (Roll Call 236). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Congress should end all unconstitutional federal control over the domestic energy sector, in accordance with Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The push for a "green" or "renewable" economy is part of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks to implement extreme "climate change" policies. It is nothing other than a fanatical attempt by globalist elites to increase their taxing authority. Rather than undermining American sovereignty, energy independence, and free-market principles, Congress must refrain from exercising regulatory powers that the 10th Amendment reserves to the "States respectively, or to the people."

During consideration of the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 4016), Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) offered an amendment to strike the language in the bill authorizing $118 million for overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid programs.

The House rejected Greene's amendment on July 18, 2025 by a vote of 63 to 365 (Roll Call 204). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because foreign aid, not being one of the enumerated powers granted to the federal government by the Constitution, is unconstitutional. Also, as Greene pointed out on the House floor, "The American people are $37 trillion in debt. The Department of Defense's mission is to deter war and ensure our Nation's security. That is their mission, and that is exactly what their funding should be for."

During consideration of the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 4016), Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) offered an amendment stating: “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for assistance to Ukraine.”

The House rejected Greene’s amendment on July 18, 2025 by a vote of 76 to 353 (Roll Call 209). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the United States should not be interjecting itself into the Russia-Ukraine war by providing aid to one of the combatants, and should instead follow a noninterventionist foreign policy that puts America first. Moreover, Congress has not declared war as required by the Constitution for military activity.

S. 1582, the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act," would regulate cryptocurrency stablecoins, digital assets used as a means of payment redeemable for a fixed amount of currency. It requires stablecoin issuers to apply to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to be a "permitted payment stablecoin issuer" and maintain 1:1 reserves in approved assets. Additionally, it empowers the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Department of the Treasury to oversee permitted stablecoin issuers.

The House passed S. 1582 on July 17, 2025 by a vote of 308 to 122 (Roll Call 200). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the GENIUS Act expands government surveillance and control over private financial activities, creating a backdoor to a central bank digital currency. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not permit Congress to regulate the financial sector, and the Fourth Amendment protects individuals from unreasonable searches and unwarranted government surveillance.

H.R. 1919, the "Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act," would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency directly to individuals or through intermediaries, bar its use as a tool of monetary policy, and prevent the creation of a federally controlled digital-dollar system that could enable financial surveillance, transaction censorship, and centralized control over Americans' economic lives.

The House passed H.R. 1919 on July 17, 2025 by a vote of 219 to 210 (Roll Call 201). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article I, Sections 8 and 10 of the Constitution state that only Congress has the power to "coin Money," referring to precious metals such as gold and silver. The Federal Reserve's fiat system already departs from these limits, and a central bank digital currency would further erode liberty by enabling constant tracking of transactions and unprecedented government surveillance and control over Americans' financial lives.

H.R. 4, the “Rescissions Act of 2025,” would rescind $9.4 billion in funding previously appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2025, including $8.3 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The foreign-aid rescissions include $800 million for migration and refugee assistance, $361 million for international peacekeeping operations, and $169 million for international organizations such as the United Nations and World Health Organization.

The House passed H.R. 4 on June 12, 2025 by a vote of 214 to 212 (Roll Call 168). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to neither establish or fund public media nor send financial aid to foreign countries. Although $9.4 billion is a small number compared to the total amount of federal expenditures, it is a good first step toward reining in unconstitutional, reckless spending.

H.R. 2056, the “District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025,” would prohibit the District of Columbia from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, effectively repealing the “Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020.”

The House passed H.R. 2056 on June 12, 2025 by a vote of 224 to 194 (Roll Call 171). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because illegal aliens are, by definition, criminals who ought to be deported from the United States. They should not be permitted sanctuary in our nation’s capital or anywhere else in the country. Persons who enter the United States unlawfully are “deportable” under existing federal law, as Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to not only “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization,” but provide for the execution of the “Laws of this Union” and protection against “Invasion.” Moreover, Clause 17 of Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the ability to “exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever” involving Washington, D.C. Rather than pursue policies that undermine the rule of law and erode the privileges of citizenship, federal, state, and local authorities should end the existential crisis of mass migration.

Representative Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1263, the “Strengthening the Quad Act,” which would, in part, direct the U.S. secretary of state to “enter into negotiations with the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan (collectively, with the United States, known as the ‘Quad’) with the goal of reaching a written agreement to establish a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values.”

The House agreed to Huizenga’s motion on May 19, 2025 by a vote of 334 to 51 (Roll Call 132). We have assigned pluses to the nays because establishing a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group risks creating a permanent framework that deepens U.S. political and military entanglements in the Indo-Pacific, similar to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This would contravene the Founders’ original intent of avoiding entangling alliances and risk undermining Congress’ constitutional powers by gradually committing the nation to collective-security obligations without proper debate or a declaration of war. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress — not the executive branch or a regional international body — the power to declare war and regulate foreign affairs.

Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1402, the “Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act,” which would require ticket sellers, including those in the secondary market, to clearly display the total ticket price, including all fees. The bill mandates an itemized breakdown of the base ticket price and additional fees before purchase completion, bans speculative ticketing, and requires refunds for canceled or significantly postponed events.

The House agreed to Bilirakis’ motion on April 29, 2025 by a vote of 409 to 15 (Roll Call 107). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the Constitution does not authorize the federal government to regulate private industries such as ticketing. This legislation imposes unnecessary federal mandates, duplicating existing, market-driven industry practices. Such regulations would likely increase operational costs for ticket sellers, leading to higher ticket prices for consumers and placing undue burdens on smaller vendors.

Representative Brian Babin (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1534, the “Innovative Mitigation Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies (IMPACT) Act,” which would authorize the Department of Energy to fund research and development partnerships focused on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from asphalt and concrete production.

The House agreed to Babin’s motion on March 25, 2025 by a vote of 350 to 73 (Roll Call 74). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the Constitution does not authorize the federal government to fund or facilitate emissions research. Moreover, this bill feeds into the climate-change hoax and would align federal laws more closely with the UN’s Agenda 2030. By funding “green” construction initiatives, it would distort the free market, misallocate taxpayer funds, and raise costs for businesses, homeowners, and other taxpayers.

H. J. Res. 35 would overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 “Waste Emissions Charge” rule, which imposed annual fees on oil and gas facilities that emit methane above certain thresholds. The resolution blocks the EPA from imposing this rule — intended to curb greenhouse-gas emissions — on petroleum and natural-gas systems.

The House passed H. J. Res. 35 on February 26, 2025 by a vote of 220 to 206 (Roll Call 52). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because neither the EPA nor its methane emissions-fee rule are authorized under the Constitution. Moreover, the rule was driven by the false climate-change narrative that serves as a pretext for implementing the UN’s Agenda 2030, which undermines national sovereignty and promotes centralized, global control.

H.R. 26, the “Protecting American Energy Production Act,” would prohibit the president from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless authorized by an act of Congress. The bill also declares, “States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.”

The House passed H.R. 26 on February 7, 2025 by a vote of 226 to 188 (Roll Call 35). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government should not interfere with oil and natural-gas production. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not authorize Congress to regulate energy production; this is reserved to the states, as the 10th Amendment affirms. Allowing the United States to fully utilize its energy resources would make the country more self-sufficient and potentially create millions of jobs.

Representative Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 776, which would reauthorize the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003 through fiscal 2030. This law enables the U.S. Department of the Interior to provide funding to states in order to eradicate nutria — large, invasive, semiaquatic rodents native to South America — and restore wetlands damaged by them.

The House agreed to Westerman’s motion on February 4, 2025 by a vote of 361 to 56 (Roll Call 29). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not authorize Congress to establish or fund conservation programs. The 10th Amendment reserves any such powers to “the States respectively, or to the people.”

H.R. 21, the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” would establish criminal penalties for healthcare practitioners who intentionally kill or harm an infant born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.

The House passed H.R. 21 on January 23, 2025 by a vote of 217 to 204 (Roll Call 27). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the U.S. Constitution does not grant a right to abortion. Abortion is not healthcare, it is the ending of innocent human life, and the Declaration of Independence affirms the right to life as a fundamental, God-given, and inherent right.

H.R. 28, the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,” would ensure that only real (i.e., biological) women and girls compete in women’s sports that are operated, sponsored, or facilitated by federal funding. “Transgender” women and girls — i.e., biological males who “identify,” or pose, as females — would be prohibited from competing.

The House passed H.R. 28 on January 14, 2025 by a vote of 218 to 206 (Roll Call 12). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government should not use taxpayer money to facilitate biological males competing against real women and girls.

H.R. 10545, also dubbed the "American Relief Act," would extend funding for federal-government operations at current levels through March 14, 2025, thereby averting a partial government shutdown that would otherwise have begun on December 21, 2024. The bill would also provide $110 billion for disaster aid, including $30.8 billion for farm losses, among other provisions. It does not include, however, a two-year suspension of the debt limit that was in an earlier version under a different bill number (H.R. 10515). Ironically, President-elect Donald Trump wanted the debt-limit suspension in the bill, but Democrats did not — the latter preferring to raise or suspend the debt limit under Trump's (not Biden's) watch.

Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) moved to suspend the rules and pass the stop-gap funding bill. His motion was agreed to on December 20, 2024 by a vote of 366 to 34 (Roll Call 517). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the misnamed American Relief Act will continue the Washington spendathon, thereby continuing to run up government debt without providing any relief. Instead of kicking the can further down the road, Congress must cut spending now, not later.

Representative Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 3791, the “America’s Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024,” which would reauthorize multiple conservation and wildlife programs through fiscal 2030. These include the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Chesapeake Bay Program, and programs to conserve North American wetlands and fish habitats. The bill also would increase the authority of the National Fish Habitat Board, and create and reauthorize programs mitigating or providing compensation for depredation by federally protected species.

The House agreed to Westerman’s motion on December 3, 2024 by a vote of 366 to 21 (Roll Call 479). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not authorize Congress to establish conservation or wildlife programs. The 10th Amendment reserves any such powers to “the States respectively, or to the people.”

House Joint Resolution 165 would block a Department of Education rule that expands the federal government’s interpretation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections for sexual harassment, assault, pregnancy-related conditions, and LGBTQ+ status at colleges and universities. The rule would impose ideological mandates that undermine privacy, parental authority, and fairness — particularly in women’s sports, where biological males would be allowed to compete. They would also have access to women’s bathrooms and locker rooms.

The House passed H. J. Res. 165 on July 11, 2024 by a vote of 210 to 205 (Roll Call 354). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government has no constitutional authority to be involved in education or to prohibit discrimination — real or perceived.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 State Department and foreign operations appropriations bill (H.R. 8771), Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) offered an amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), completely defunding it. In fiscal 2023, USAID’s budget was more than $50 billion. The agency is primarily responsible for sending billions of taxpayer dollars to foreign governments each year in the form of foreign civilian aid, development assistance, and myriad other relief programs.

The House rejected Greene’s amendment on June 27, 2024 by a vote of 81 to 331 (Roll Call 308). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because USAID is an unconstitutional agency. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution neither grants Congress the power to send financial aid to foreign countries nor empowers the president to do so.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 State Department and foreign operations appropriations bill (H.R. 8771), Representative Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) offered an amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being “used to pay any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations.” This would have eliminated all U.S. contributions to the UN and its affiliate agencies.

The House rejected Tiffany’s amendment on June 27, 2024 by a vote of 149 to 259 (Roll Call 320). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the Constitution does not authorize Congress or the president to enter the United States into global-governance bodies such as the United Nations, which undermines U.S. independence. Short of terminating U.S. membership in the UN — which Congress ought to do — Congress should not send a single penny to the nascent world-government body.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 homeland-security appropriations bill (H.R. 8752), Representative Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) offered an amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used for the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans” (CHNV) parole program that incentivizes illegal mass migration from those four countries. The program grants work-authorization permits for CHNV parolees despite them lacking visas or a legal right to enter the country. As Grothman noted in support of his amendment, the number of illegal entrants from those four countries apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents increased from 17,500 in fiscal 2020 to more than 600,000 in fiscal 2022 under President Biden, who greatly expanded the program. Additionally, the United States does not receive criminal background checks for CHNV parolees from the four countries.

The House rejected Grothman’s amendment on June 26, 2024 by a vote of 193 to 218 (Roll Call 288). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the CHNV parole process is an illegally created program, and incentivizes mass migration into the country.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070), Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) offered an amendment specifying that “none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for assistance to Ukraine.” She noted on the House floor, “To date, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion in emergency supplemental funding [for Ukraine].” That “is a lot of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars going to support security for another country’s border while our border is being invaded every single day.”

The House rejected Greene’s amendment on June 13, 2024 by a vote of 74 to 343 (Roll Call 261). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the United States should not interject itself into the Russia-Ukraine war by providing aid to one of the combatants, and should instead follow a noninterventionist foreign policy that puts America first. Moreover, Congress has not declared war as required by the Constitution for military activity.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070), Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) offered an amendment to prohibit the secretary of defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services.

The House adopted Van Duyne’s amendment on June 13, 2024 by a vote of 214 to 207 (Roll Call 263). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because abortion is not healthcare but the killing of innocent human life. The U.S. government should not fund baby-killing and has no constitutional authority to do so.

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070), Representative Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) offered an amendment to eliminate any offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the armed forces and Department of Defense, along with the personnel in those offices.

The House adopted Norman’s amendment on June 13, 2024 by a vote of 211 to 208 (Roll Call 267). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because neither Congress nor the president has any business promoting “woke” DEI policies to socially engineer an effeminate, egalitarian, and/or insubordinate culture in the armed forces. Since the Obama administration, DEI-related changes have resulted in not only homosexuals serving openly within the ranks, but women in combat and “transgendered” troops. This subverts order, discipline, and the very existence of the military itself, which is to be provided for by Congress, according to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Federal lawmakers and the commander in chief should, in a manner worthy of self-government, “bear true faith and allegiance” to the same constitutional principles that our nation’s service members also take an oath to “support and defend.”

During consideration of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8070), Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) offered an amendment to prohibit funds authorized by this bill from being used to implement President Joe Biden’s climate-change executive orders, which focused on tackling “climate change,” promoting “clean energy,” “conserving” natural resources, “improving” refugee programs, boosting domestic semiconductor production, and ensuring “environmental justice” for “underserved communities.” Biden’s key goals with his executive orders included net-zero emissions by 2050, renewable-energy expansion, and stronger protections for “vulnerable populations.”

The House adopted Roy’s amendment on June 12, 2024 by a vote of 215 to 210 (Roll Call 256). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Biden’s climate orders exceed the president’s constitutional authority, reduce U.S. energy independence, violate free-market principles, and promote global environmental policies that undermine U.S. sovereignty, such as the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

H.R. 5403, the "CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act," would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) without congressional authorization. It would bar the Fed from offering services directly to individuals or maintaining accounts on their behalf, including through intermediaries. These restrictions would not apply to digital currencies that are "open, permissionless, and private." The bill would also prohibit the Fed from testing a digital currency without congressional authorization.

The House passed H.R. 5403 on May 23, 2024 by a vote of 216 to 192 (Roll Call 230). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article I, Sections 8 and 10 of the Constitution state that only Congress has the power to "coin Money," referring to precious metals such as gold and silver. Not only do the Federal Reserve and fiat money violate these provisions, but a digital currency can be easily tracked, allowing the government to monitor all financial transactions.

Representative Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 546, the “Recruit and Retain Act,” which expands the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) federal grant program intended to support the recruitment efforts of law-enforcement agencies, including local police, throughout the country.

The House agreed to Hunt’s motion on May 14, 2024 by a vote of 370 to 18 (Roll Call 196). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not authorize Congress to support local law-enforcement agencies. Federal funding of local police departments and county sheriffs comes with strings attached, usually in the form of oversight, regulations, and other homogenized standards — none of which are constitutional.

Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4824, the “Carbon Sequestration Collaboration Act,” which would expand the Department of Energy’s carbon-storage program to include carbon-sequestration projects. The bill would also require the Energy Department to submit a report to Congress within two years “to identify and address scientific challenges for widespread adoption of terrestrial carbon sequestration.”

The House agreed to Lucas’ motion on April 30, 2024 by a vote of 364 to 44 (Roll Call 156). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the federal government has no authority under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to engage in energy or environmental policy. Furthermore, carbon sequestration is closely connected to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is antithetical to the Constitution and U.S. sovereignty.

The “Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act” (H.R. 8035) would provide $60.8 billion for security assistance to Ukraine and replenishing U.S. stockpiles of military equipment already provided to Ukraine.

The House passed H.R. 8035 on April 20, 2024 by a vote of 311 to 112 (Roll Call 151). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the United States should not interfere in the war in Ukraine by providing aid to one of the combatants. Congress has not declared war, as required by the U.S. Constitution to go to war, and foreign aid, not being one of the powers delegated to the federal government, is unconstitutional. Moreover, the United States should pursue a sound foreign policy of noninterventionism, based on U.S. national interests and the intent of the Founding Fathers.

H.R. 7888, titled the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act,” would reauthorize for two years, until 2026, Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which governs electronic surveillance of foreign terrorism suspects. Among other provisions, the bill would require additional procedures for searches by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) involving U.S. citizens and FBI surveillance requests to the secret FISA Court.

The House passed H.R. 7888 on April 12, 2024 by a vote of 273 to 147 (Roll Call 119). We have assigned pluses to the nays because FISA has been used to spy on U.S. citizens without a warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment. While the bill includes provisions to ostensibly protect the privacy of U.S. citizens, those provisions fail to uphold Americans’ Fourth Amendment-protected rights.

Representative Kay Granger (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2882, the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,” which would appropriate $1.2 trillion in total funding for fiscal 2024. Among other provisions, it would provide $825 billion for the Department of Defense; $224.7 billion for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; $89.8 billion for the Department of Homeland Security; and $58.3 billion for the Department of State. Furthermore, H.R. 2882 would provide $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $500 million for Israel defense assistance; extend the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2024; and prohibit funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency through fiscal 2025.

The House agreed to Granger’s motion on March 22, 2024 by a vote of 286 to 134 (Roll Call 102). We have assigned pluses to the nays because of the many unconstitutional agencies and programs that it would fund, because it funds our further entanglement in the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas conflicts without a congressional declaration of war, and because this reckless spending is yielding record increases in the national debt.

Representative Kay Granger (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4366, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,” which would appropriate $467.5 billion in federal funding for fiscal 2024. Among other provisions, it would provide $307.8 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs; $103 billion for federal transportation and housing programs; $50 billion for the Department of Energy; $38.6 billion for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; $37.5 billion for the Department of Justice; $26.3 billion for the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration; and $24.9 billion for NASA.

The House agreed to Granger’s motion on March 6, 2024 by a vote of 339 to 85 (Roll Call 64). We have assigned pluses to the nays because most of the spending would go to federal government departments, agencies, and programs that have no authorization or basis in the Constitution. Furthermore, this reckless spending is currently yielding high inflation and record increases in the national debt.

The articles of impeachment (“Willful and Systemic Refusal to Comply With the Law” and “Breach of Public Trust”) contained in House Resolution 863 would impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for high crimes and misdemeanors, including for his handling of issues involving immigration and border security.

The House adopted the articles of impeachment on February 13, 2024 by a vote of 214 to 213 (Roll Call 43). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Secretary Mayorkas deserves impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold office in the future. He has failed to uphold his duty to support and defend the U.S. Constitution by repeatedly violating laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security. His unlawful conduct has allowed illicit drugs and millions of illegal aliens to enter and remain in the United States annually by means of insecure borders. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization,” as well as to call forth “the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions,” and Article II, Section 4 provides that “all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of … high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (H.R. 5894), Representative Mary Miller (R-Ill.) offered an amendment to defund the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $536,922,000 — its total earmarked budget for fiscal 2024.

The House rejected Miller’s amendment on November 14, 2023 by a vote of 131 to 300 (Roll Call 648). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not authorize Congress to establish a federal regulatory agency, such as OSHA, to inspect workplace conditions. Nor does the Constitution empower the federal government to require Americans to take vaccines, especially experimental mRNA injections, as a condition of their employment, as OSHA tried to do.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 financial-services appropriations bill (H.R. 4664), Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) offered an amendment to strike all funding for firearms and ammunition for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The House rejected Harshbarger’s amendment on November 8, 2023 by a vote of 187 to 238 (Roll Call 625). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government is not constitutionally authorized to engage in domestic law enforcement, as the 10th Amendment clarifies. IRS agents should not be armed with guns, ammunition, or military-style equipment. Rather, the IRS ought to be defunded and abolished. The American people must demand that Congress end the weaponization of the federal bureaucracy, reject all efforts to create a nationalized police force, and work to repeal the 16th Amendment (income tax).

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill (H.R. 4820), Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) offered an amendment that would prohibit the use of federal funds to implement Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which requires that all new passenger motor vehicles be equipped with “advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology.”

The House rejected Massie’s amendment on November 7, 2023 by a vote of 201 to 229 (Roll Call 616). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this federal “kill-switch” mandate to forcibly “monitor the performance” of every driver and automatically “prevent or limit motor vehicle operation” is a violation of the fundamental right of the American people to travel freely, with a reasonable expectation of privacy. The Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution not only protect against “unreasonable searches and seizures” of persons and their possessions, but also provide that no person shall be deprived of “liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 environment-interior appropriations bill (H.R. 4821), Representative Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) offered an amendment to prohibit funds from being used to provide additional funding for national monument designations under the Antiquities Act. According to Ogles, “In the 8 years that Joe Biden was Vice President under the Obama administration, the Antiquities Act was weaponized for 550 million acres of land. That is roughly a quarter of the land by acreage in the United States. That is a problem that goes beyond the scope and intent of this act.”

The House rejected Ogles’ amendment on November 2, 2023 by a vote of 175 to 244 (Roll Call 592). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because, although the Founding Fathers did not envision the federal government indefinitely “owning” 30 percent of the land area of the states as it now does, they did grant Congress, not the president, the “Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States” (Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution). As to whether the federal government has the right to ownership and control of a large percentage of the land area of the states for an indefinite period of time, here’s Founding Father Thomas Jefferson’s answer in his Kentucky Resolutions of 1798: “The several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self Government; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.”

Representative Kay Granger (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5860, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act,” which would appropriate federal government funding at fiscal 2023 levels from October 1, 2023 through November 17, 2023. Additionally, it would appropriate $16 billion in disaster relief for fiscal 2024 and extend federal authorization for multiple programs, including certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal Aviation Administration programs. Notably, the bill does not include funding for Ukraine.

The House agreed to Granger’s motion on September 30, 2023 by a vote of 335 to 91 (Roll Call 513). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress needs to cut spending to avoid fiscal disaster. Additionally, Congress’ inability to promptly pass a 2024 budget, instead using a continuing appropriations bill that funds the federal government at bloated fiscal 2023 levels, illustrates the breakdown of the federal budgeting process.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 state-foreign operations appropriations bill (H.R. 4665), Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.) offered an amendment to eliminate all $2,548,250,000 of funding for the State Department’s Migration and Refugee Assistance program.

The House rejected Perry’s amendment on September 28, 2023 by a vote of 121 to 311 (Roll Call 469). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this program encourages increased immigration, which is a tool of the Deep State to fundamentally transform the United States by deliberately changing the country’s demographics, thus radically altering the voting patterns of the nation.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 state-foreign operations appropriations bill (H.R. 4665), Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) offered an amendment to prohibit funding in the bill from aiding the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The House rejected Steube’s amendment on September 28, 2023 by a vote of 198 to 232 (Roll Call 494). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to allocate federal funding to international organizations such as UNESCO. Such organizations threaten U.S. sovereignty and constitutionally protected freedoms, and the United States has no business being involved in them.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 4368), Representative Harriet Hageman (R-Wy.) offered an amendment to prevent funds from being used to mandate electronic identification ear tags for cattle and bison.

The House rejected Hageman’s amendment on September 27, 2023 by a vote of 97 to 336 (Roll Call 419). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the federal government has no authority under the Constitution to regulate agriculture. Furthermore, Hageman’s amendment would push back against the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, which is inherently contrary to the Constitution. Congress should eliminate all federal involvement in agriculture.

The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935) would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through fiscal year 2028. It would gradually increase annual authorizations for federal aviation programs from $12.7 billion in fiscal 2024 to $14 billion in fiscal 2028. It would also transfer federal oversight authority over unmanned aircraft systems, which support and control unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, from the Department of Transportation to the FAA.

The House passed H.R. 3935 on July 20, 2023 by a vote of 351 to 69 (Roll Call 364). We have assigned pluses to the nays because of the bill’s unconstitutional federal overreach. The federal government should stay out of the regulation of unmanned aerial systems and vehicles, which should instead be managed by local ordinances or (at most) state laws. Ultimately, the Constitution does not authorize the federal government to control or regulate private or commercial aviation. Instead, such matters should be under the auspices of local and state governments, and left up to the market to determine.

During consideration of a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (H.R. 3935), Representative Mary Miller (R-Ill.) offered an amendment to prevent funds in the bill from being used to hire diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officials or conduct DEI training.

The House rejected Miller’s amendment on July 19, 2023 by a vote of 181 to 254 (Roll Call 353). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because nowhere in the Constitution is Congress authorized to allocate federal funding for DEI initiatives. Moreover, DEI is part of the broader Marxist-inspired “Black Lives Matter” agenda and has its roots in Marxist “Critical Theory.” The federal government has no business promoting this extremist, anti-American agenda — including in aviation.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670), Representative Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) offered an amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses for abortion services. It would also repeal an October 2022 Defense Department memo titled “Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care.” Under the policy established by this memo, the Defense Department reimburses travel expenses for service members who travel to get an abortion in another state where abortion is legal.

The House adopted Jackson’s amendment on July 13, 2023 by a vote of 221 to 213 (Roll Call 300). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

During consideration of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2670), Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) offered an amendment that would prohibit the use of federal funds to provide security assistance to Ukraine.

The House rejected Gaetz’ amendment on July 13, 2023 by a vote of 70 to 358 (Roll Call 304). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because using American taxpayer dollars to provide financial and military support to Ukraine is unconstitutional. Providing foreign aid, including the more than $113 billion in funding for Ukraine, is not one of the enumerated powers delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Moreover, the United States should pursue a sound, traditional foreign policy of noninterventionism, based on U.S. national interests and the intent of the Founding Fathers.

H.R. 3746, titled the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, would suspend the debt limit through January 1, 2025 and create caps on “discretionary” spending for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. In fiscal 2024, defense spending would increase three percent, to $886.4 billion, and nondefense spending would decrease five percent, to $703.7 billion; both limits would increase by one percent for fiscal 2025. Among multiple other provisions, H.R. 3746 would provide $44.8 billion for the veterans’ toxic exposure fund and $22 billion for a Commerce Department fund, rescind $27.7 billion in unspent federal Covid-related funds, rescind $1.4 billion of the $79.3 billion provided in 2022 for IRS enforcement, enact time limits on environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act, and raises the age of SNAP work requirements for able-bodied individuals to 55 while exempting certain other groups. Furthermore, the bill requires discretionary spending to decrease by one percent if Congress fails to enact on-time appropriations legislation for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. In an April 28, 2023 op-ed opposing a previous iteration of the bill, Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) stated, “Going off the cliff at the Republicans’ 60-mph or the Democrats’ 80-mph results in the same thing: A horrific crash.”

The House passed H.R. 3746 on May 31, 2023 by a vote of 314 to 117 (Roll Call 243). We have assigned pluses to the nays because continuing reckless spending and debt accumulation will result in economic catastrophe, and most federal spending is for programs not authorized by the Constitution.

During consideration of an energy and permitting package (H.R. 1), Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.) offered an amendment to repeal Section 115 of the Clean Air Act, which allows the Environmental Protection Agency to impose emissions-reduction requirements on state governors if an “international agency” or the Department of State determines that “pollutants” emitted in the United States “endanger public health or welfare in a foreign country.”

The House rejected Perry’s amendment on March 29, 2023 by a vote of 96 to 336 (Roll Call 173). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because Section 115 of the Clean Air Act has for decades served to disguise the federal government’s unconstitutional seizure of control over the domestic energy sector — a plan designed to not only erode state sovereignty, but implement United Nations-led global “climate change” policy. The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly reserves any such regulatory powers to the “States respectively, or to the people,” as opposed to unelected, unaccountable foreign bureaucrats.

During consideration of an education-policy bill (H.R. 5), Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) offered an amendment to express the sense of Congress that the authority of the Department of Education “to operate or administer any office or program related to elementary or secondary education should be terminated on or before December 31, 2023.”

The House rejected Massie’s amendment on March 24, 2023 by a vote of 161 to 265 (Roll Call 156). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because education is not the role of government, let alone among the limited and specified powers enumerated for Congress in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. A child’s education is the responsibility of, as well as a fundamental right of choice retained by, his or her parents. Forcing American citizens to furnish taxpayer money for a compulsory, failing, and government-run K-12 school system violates their individual liberties.

H.R. 406 would extend provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). If enacted, the United States would formally recognize ASEAN as an international organization, providing for a permanent ASEAN mission to the United States with the same diplomatic immunities and privileges enjoyed by other foreign embassies.

The House passed H.R. 406 on March 23, 2023 by a vote of 388 to 33 (Roll Call 148). We have assigned pluses to the nays because ASEAN is a political and economic union, as opposed to an individual sovereign nation. Providing a permanent ASEAN mission in the United States with the same privileges and immunities as embassies further accelerates globalist designs of collectivizing nations into regional unions rather than dealing with them as individual sovereign states. Furthermore, two of the 10 member-states that comprise ASEAN officially have Marxist-Leninist governments: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This resolution expands U.S. relations with the communist regimes that oppress those two nations and that heavily influence the policies of the ASEAN union.

H. J. Res. 27 would disapprove of a rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, and Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023 that again revises the definition of the “Waters of the United States.” During House debate on the bill, Representative Tracey Mann (R-Kan.) declared, “Agricultural producers have been forced to operate their businesses under three different definitions of water in the last 10 years, and this most recent rule removes long-standing bipartisan exemptions for common water features like ponds and streams found on family farms and other private property. With this vote, Congress has a golden opportunity to stand up not only for people who feed, fuel, and clothe us all, but also for all Americans whose businesses and private lives will be affected by this Big Government encroachment onto their property.”

The House passed H. J. Res. 27 on March 9, 2023 by a vote of 227 to 198 (Roll Call 142). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because both federal water regulations and the EPA are unconstitutional, and if the latest Biden administration rule were allowed to stand, activities such as farming and real estate development would be greatly hampered, since farmers and developers would be subject to increased unconstitutional permit requirements and fines concerning their treatment of almost any body of water, no matter how small.

H. Con. Res. 21 would direct the president to remove U.S. armed forces from Syria within 180 days of the adoption of the resolution.

The House rejected the resolution on March 8, 2023 by a vote of 103 to 321 (Roll Call 136). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the military intervention in Syria was initiated by the president without congressional approval, despite the fact that the power to declare war belongs to Congress.

H. J. Res. 30 would reverse the December 2022 Labor Department rule modifying standards under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to allow retirement-plan fiduciaries to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in making investment decisions and exercising shareholder rights, including when voting on shareholder resolutions and board nominations.

The House passed H. J. Res. 30 on February 28, 2023 by a vote of 216 to 204 (Roll Call 124). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because “woke” ESG policies, which corporations and governments are increasingly embracing, are aligned with the United Nations’ Agenda 2030. The UN’s Agenda 2030 is inherently contrary to the Constitution, and ESG promotes leftist policies including radical environmentalism, gun control, and the LGBT agenda. Plus, the U.S. Constitution does not authorize the federal government to regulate retirement plans.

H. J. Res. 24 would nullify the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia, which allows noncitizens — including illegal aliens — to vote in local elections beginning in 2024.

The House passed H. J. Res. 24 on February 9, 2023 by a vote of 260 to 162 (Roll Call 118). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the right to vote and choose representatives in America is retained solely by citizens of the United States, who, owing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution, are not subject to any foreign power. According to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, Congress is granted the authority to “exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever” involving Washington, D.C.

According to H. J. Res. 7, “the national [Covid-19] emergency declared by the finding of the President on March 13, 2020, in Proclamation 9994 … is hereby terminated.”

The House passed H. J. Res. 7 on February 1, 2023 by a vote of 229 to 197 (Roll Call 104). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because it is unconstitutional to suspend the Constitution by declaring national public-health emergencies.

H.R. 497, the “Freedom for Health Care Workers Act,” would eliminate the Health and Human Services (HHS) Covid-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare providers furnishing items and services in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities. It would also prohibit HHS from publishing any substantially similar rule.

The House passed H.R. 497 on January 31, 2023 by a vote of 227 to 203 (Roll Call 98). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because an executive branch agency, such as HHS, has no lawmaking power according to Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution, and therefore cannot impose vaccine mandates via executive decree. Even with an act of Congress, Covid-19 vaccine mandates would still be unconstitutional due to the lack of constitutional authority for Congress to pass a law mandating what you must put into your body.

H.R. 2617 would authorize $1.6 trillion for regular fiscal 2023 discretionary federal spending and another $100 billion for a wide variety of other legislation (nearly $47 billion for aid to Ukraine and roughly $38 billion for U.S. natural disasters) that was tacked onto the bill in last-minute negotiations by congressional leaders. Looking at the big picture, this bill minimizes congressional accountability to the voters by combining the 2023 spending approval for 15 Cabinet departments and eight federal agencies into only one bill. On top of that, the federal budget deficit for 2023 is expected to be one trillion dollars.

The House passed H.R. 2617 on December 23, 2022 by a vote of 225 to 201 (Roll Call 549). We have assigned pluses to the nays because passage of this largely unconstitutional bill in the context of a projected $1 trillion 2023 federal budget deficit reveals a high degree of fiscal irresponsibility and unaccountability to the voters by Congress. This Omnibus 2023 spending bill should have been punted by this “lame duck” session of Congress into the next Congress, where it would have been subject to revision by the members selected by the voters on November 8, 2022.

H.R. 8404 would codify the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation or race. It prohibits the states from denying marriage between two individuals on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin. This bill also repeals the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as “only a legal union between one man and one woman.”

The House passed H.R. 8404 on December 8, 2022 by a vote of 258 to 169 (Roll Call 513). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this Marxist-inspired bill violates state sovereignty. Additionally, it embraces “woke” culture and undermines the traditional nuclear family. Rights come from God, not government.

H.R. 6448, the “Invest to Protect Act of 2022,” would direct the Department of Justice’s office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to award grants to county, municipal, town, village, and tribal governments that employ “fewer than 125 law enforcement officers.” The grants are intended to fund “de-escalation training for law enforcement officers” to “minimize the need for the use of force,” overtime costs, and signing and retention bonuses, among other activities. The bill would appropriate $60,000,000 for each year from 2023 through 2027.

The House passed H.R. 6448 on September 22, 2022 by a vote of 360 to 64 (Roll Call 451). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill undermines the local control and independence of police. The strings that come attached to such grants move the United States closer to nationalizing police — making police subordinate to federal stipulations, guidelines, and control — rather than preserving local police that are independent of the federal government. Furthermore, Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution makes no provision for federal grants, training, or guidelines for local law enforcement.

H.R. 8873, the “Presidential Election Reform Act,” would change the procedures for how presidential electoral votes are cast and counted to “prevent other future unlawful efforts to overturn Presidential elections and to ensure future peaceful transfers of Presidential power,” according to the bill. The bill would require the governor of each state to certify the state’s electors. It would also make the role of the presiding officer of the joint session count on January 6th (i.e., the vice president or, in absence thereof, the president pro tempore) simply a “ministerial” position having no discretionary power to “determine or otherwise resolve disputes concerning the proper list of electors for a State, the validity of electors for a State, or the votes of electors of a State.” Additionally, the bill raises the threshold for raising any objections to “at least one third of each House of Congress.” In a statement after voting against the bill, Representative Burgess Owens (R-Utah) said, “The Presidential Election Reform Act … tramples the constitutional duty of states to oversee elections, and continues the partisan charge to centralize power in Washington.”

The House passed H.R. 8873 on September 21, 2022 by a vote of 229 to 203 (Roll Call 449). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill undermines election integrity, infringes upon state sovereignty, and makes changes that are inconsistent with Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

H.R. 5376 would spend at least $512 billion on federal programs, subsidies, and tax credits. This includes $369 billion for various climate-change initiatives with the goal of lowering carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030, including $270 billion in tax credits, $27 billion in grants to state and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and $9.7 billion to support zero-emission or carbon-capture technology in rural areas; $64 billion to extend expanded ObamaCare subsidies for three years; and $79.3 billion in expanded IRS funding (including to hire up to 87,000 new agents). Among other programs, the bill imposes a 15-percent minimum tax — based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD’s) global minimum tax proposal — on corporations with at least $1 million in annual income, enacts drug-pricing changes for Medicare, and raises fee rates on energy production on public lands.

The House passed H.R. 5376 on August 12, 2022 by a vote of 220 to 207 (Roll Call 420). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress is failing to address its fiscally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process that yielded a federal deficit of $1.38 trillion in fiscal 2022. Moreover, the bill advances a radical environmentalist agenda, and virtually all of its provisions fall outside the Constitution’s specified powers.

H.R. 1808 would make it illegal to own, sell, or knowingly possess a semiautomatic “assault” weapon or “large capacity” ammunition feeding devices. It would also allow law-enforcement grants to be used for state and tribal buy-back programs for guns banned by this bill.

The House passed H.R. 1808 on July 29, 2022 by a vote of 217 to 213 (Roll Call 410). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill is a gross violation of the U.S. Constitution, especially the Second Amendment, which recognizes that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is one step closer to a disarmed America — with the assistance of taxpayer dollars.

H.R. 4346 would appropriate $54.2 billion over five years, including $52.7 billion for semiconductor research and manufacturing and $1.5 billion for 5G development and implementation, and authorizes a 25-percent tax credit for spending on semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Additionally, H.R. 4346 authorizes, over five years, $81 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), $67 billion for the Energy Department, $11 billion for the Commerce Department, and $9.7 billion for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Among other actions, the bill authorizes new and existing NASA programs, requires the NSF to support research in new fields including climate change, and authorizes programs to improve underrepresented groups’ participation in STEM fields.

The House passed H.R. 4346 on July 28, 2022 by a vote of 243 to 187 (Roll Call 404). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the Constitution does not authorize Congress to fund research and development programs for the private sector. The free market, not government, is the key to technological and economic progress.

H.R. 1130 expresses the support of the House of Representatives for the applications Finland and Sweden submitted to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for joining the military alliance, and “calls on the member states of NATO to formally support the accession of Finland and Sweden into NATO,” increasing the number of NATO members from 30 to 32.

The House passed H.R. 1130 on July 18, 2022 by a vote of 394 to 18 (Roll Call 364). We have assigned pluses to the nays because NATO is based on the principle of collective security, as opposed to each country acting in its own best interests. Under the North Atlantic Treaty that established NATO in 1949, “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them … will assist the Party or Parties so attacked.” The expansion of this entangling military alliance, which was comprised of just 12 members at the time of its founding, increases the likelihood of the United States being drawn into a military conflict.

H.R. 8296, also known as the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022, would establish that healthcare providers have a statutory right to provide abortion services, and that women have a corresponding right to obtain abortions.

The House passed H.R. 8296 on July 15, 2022 by a vote of 219 to 210 (Roll Call 360). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

During consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) offered an amendment to prohibit deploying U.S. military forces in Syria.

The House rejected Bowman’s amendment on July 14, 2022 by a vote of 155 to 273 (Roll Call 335). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because according to the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the authority to declare war. It is long past time to bring the troops home from Syria, especially considering that Congress never issued a declaration of war in relation to the country.

S. 2938, the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” would provide more than $4.6 billion in funding through 2026 to address gun violence and mental health. $2.1 billion would be allocated to the Department of Education to support school-based mental-health services, and $990 million would be earmarked for Health and Human Services. $1.6 billion would be allocated to support school security and community violence intervention, and to improve background-check systems. This bill would also implement extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as red flag laws, and expand background checks for firearm purchases.

The House passed S. 2938 on June 24, 2022 by a vote of 234 to 193 (Roll Call 299). We have assigned pluses to the nays because increased spending and red flag laws are a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution, especially the Second Amendment-protected right to keep and bear arms, and this is one step closer to a disarmed America. Also, Congress is failing to address its fiscally irresponsible spending habits, which are far outside of Congress’ constitutional limits.

H.R. 7691 would provide $40.1 billion in fiscal year 2022 “emergency supplemental appropriations for activities to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”

The House passed H.R. 7691 on May 10, 2022 by a vote of 368 to 57 (Roll Call 145). We have assigned pluses to the nays not only because foreign aid (military or otherwise) is unconstitutional, but also because the aid would further interject the United States in the Russia-Ukraine war, and would increase the likelihood of the war broadening to fully include as combatants the United States as well as the rest of NATO. Instead of acting as a global cop, America would be best served by returning to our traditional and constitutionally sound foreign policy of staying clear of foreign quarrels.

H.R. 3807, the ‘‘Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022,’’ would provide $55 billion for Small Business Administration grants, including $42 billion for restaurants and $13 billion for small businesses, supposedly to help those small businesses that were most harmed by the Covid pandemic. On the House floor, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) noted that H.R. 3807 is “yet another spending bill that will add to our Nation’s debt and deficit and continue to spike inflation,” and that “if Democrats were serious about helping restaurants and small businesses, they would have called for an end to the ever-changing mandates and lockdowns that forced so many businesses to close their doors.”

The House passed H.R. 3807 on April 7, 2022 by a vote of 223 to 203 (Roll Call 123). We have assigned pluses to the nays because not only is such spending not authorized anywhere in the Constitution, but this additional deficit spending would contribute to the ruinous inflation that is currently plaguing Americans. The economic harms to restaurants and other small businesses that H.R. 3807 is supposed to remedy were due to the unconstitutional federal and state Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates in the first place.

House Resolution 1037 would find two advisors to President Donald Trump — Peter Navarro, who served as White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, and Daniel Scavino, Jr., who served as White House deputy chief of staff — in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The resolution would also direct the speaker of the House to “take all other appropriate action to enforce the subpoenas.” The House passed H. Res. 1037 on April 6, 2022 by a vote of 220 to 203 (Roll Call 118). We have assigned pluses to the nays because honoring the subpoenas would undermine the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. President Trump had invoked executive privilege, and as Navarro pointed out, “it is not my privilege to waive” it. The January 6 committee is not a court of law; it is a kangaroo court. In fact, it was rigged from the beginning, when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took the unprecedented action of nixing two of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) choices for the committee — Representatives Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Pelosi instead put on the so-called bipartisan committee RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) Liz Cheney (Wy.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.).

This resolution (House Resolution 831) would reaffirm “unequivocal support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as an alliance founded on democratic principles.” The House passed H. Res. 831 on April 5, 2022 by a vote of 362 to 63 (Roll Call 115). We have assigned pluses to the nays not only because the United States should stay clear of entangling alliances such as NATO, but also because NATO obligates the United States to go to war if any member of NATO is attacked. Specifically, under the North Atlantic Treaty that established NATO in 1949, member nations “agree that an armed attack against one or more of them … shall be considered an attack against them all.” This agreement undermines the provision in the U.S. Constitution that assigns to Congress the power to declare war. There are now 30 countries in NATO, and an attack on any one of them could pull the United States into a war that neither Congress nor the American people want.

H.R. 2471, officially known as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022,” would provide $1.5 trillion in “discretionary” appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for federal government operations and services. This omnibus spending bill was voted on in two portions (Roll Calls 65 and 66). The provisions in the first portion to be voted on (Roll Call 65) included $728.5 billion for the Department of Defense, $81.1 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, and $75.8 billion for the Commerce Department. Included within this spending was $600 million for security cooperation with Ukraine and other Eastern European nations, $23.9 billion for FEMA, $3.9 billion in grants for state and local law-enforcement agencies, and $13.6 billion in assistance to Ukraine.

The House passed the first portion of H.R. 2471 on March 9, 2022 by a vote of 361 to 69 (Roll Call 65). We have assigned pluses to the nays because of the many unconstitutional agencies and programs that it would fund, because it funds our further entanglement in the Ukraine-Russia conflict without a congressional declaration of war, and because this reckless spending is already yielding record-high inflation.

H.R. 2471, officially known as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022,” would provide $1.5 trillion in discretionary appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for federal government operations and services. This omnibus spending bill was voted on in two portions (Roll Calls 65 and 66). The provisions in the second portion to be voted on (Roll Call 66) included approximately $600 billion to fund the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Labor, State (for “foreign operations”), Transportation, and Treasury, as well as the EPA, NIH, HUD, SNAP (food stamp program), etc.

The House passed the second portion of H.R. 2471 on March 9, 2022 by a vote of 260 to 171 (Roll Call 66). We have assigned pluses to the nays because most of the spending would go to federal government departments, agencies, and programs that have no authorization or basis in the Constitution. Furthermore, this reckless spending is currently yielding record-high inflation, most visible in the current rising grocery prices.

H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022, would authorize about $350 billion in federal funding over five years. This includes the funding of scientific research and development programs, with more than $52 billion for the U.S. semiconductor industry. H.R. 4521 would also authorize $8 billion for the UN Green Climate Fund, codify a requirement that the U.S. implement the Paris climate agreement, direct the U.S. Armed Forces to implement climate-change training, and enable increased admission levels of refugees and economic migrants.

The House passed H.R. 4521 on February 4, 2022 by a vote of 222 to 210 (Roll Call 31). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the Constitution does not authorize Congress to fund research and development programs. Furthermore, the bill advances a radical environmentalist agenda; erodes U.S. national sovereignty; and encourages increased migration, a tool of the Deep State to fundamentally alter the United States.

During consideration of the so-called America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521), Representative Scott Perry (R-Pa.) introduced an amendment to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a multilateral environmental treaty. The House rejected Perry’s amendment on February 3, 2022 by a vote of 196 to 235 (Roll Call 27). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the UNFCCC infringes on U.S. sovereignty and places an undue burden on American industry, workers, and taxpayers. Meeting the emission goals of the UNFCCC would significantly reduce U.S. economic output. Furthermore, the treaty requires the United States and other industrialized nations to provide economic assistance to fund climate-change action in “developing nations,” such as China.

H.R. 5746, the “Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act,” would implement a sweeping federalization of American elections. Among numerous other provisions, it would force states to implement nationwide internet, automatic, and same-day voter registration. The bill would also mandate states to allow mail-in voting and make available ballot “drop boxes” for all voters, implement early voting that begins at least 15 days prior to an election, and limit state legislatures’ authority over congressional redistricting. H.R. 5746 would also reestablish a “preclearance” process similar to what existed under the 1965 Voting Rights Act prior to 2013. Under it, states would be required to obtain permission from the U.S. Department of Justice prior to implementing changes to their election laws.

The House passed H.R. 5746 on January 13, 2022 by a vote of 220 to 203 (Roll Call 9). We have assigned pluses to the nays because not only does this bill undermine election integrity, but it infringes upon federalism and state sovereignty as established under the Constitution and its 10th Amendment.

The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) is the centerpiece of President Biden’s administrative agenda. Officially it would spend a total of $1.75 trillion, but the actual cost is expected to be much higher according to other estimates. The bill would implement the agenda of the World Economic Forum’s collectivist “Great Reset,” provide amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, allocate $555 billion for implementing the far-left “Green New Deal,” override state laws that protect the sanctity of preborn children while also funding abortions in the United States, and impose $700,000 fines on employers violating Biden’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate through OSHA, among other radical provisions.

The House passed H.R. 5376 on November 19, 2021 by a vote of 220 to 213 (Roll Call 385). We have assigned pluses to the nays because by passing this bill Congress is failing to address its fiscally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process. The Build Back Better Act is projected to add $367 billion to the deficit. Moreover, virtually all of the bill’s provisions are unconstitutional.

H.R. 3684 would spend $1.2 trillion altogether, with $550 billion being new spending. Among numerous other provisions, H.R. 3684 would spend $110 billion on roads and bridges, $66 billion on rail projects, $65 billion on broadband, $62 billion on Energy Department programs, $55 billion on water infrastructure, $39 billion on public transportation, $25 billion on airports, and $7.5 billion on electric-vehicle charging stations. The bill also mandates that states create carbon-reduction programs subject to federal approval, creates a mileage-tax pilot program, and defines “gender identity” as a protected class.

The House passed H.R. 3684 on November 5, 2021 by a vote of 228 to 206 (Roll Call 369). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress is failing to address its fiscally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process that yielded a federal deficit of $2.77 trillion in fiscal 2021. Moreover, virtually all of the bill’s provisions fall outside the Constitution’s specified powers.

H.R. 3755, the pro-abortion legislation known as the “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021,” would “protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy” and “protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.” Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.), the bill’s sponsor, said her bill was needed because “we have seen an unprecedented number of state-based attacks on a woman’s right to choose.”

The House passed H.R. 3755 on September 24, 2021 by a vote of 218 to 211 (Roll Call 295). We have assigned pluses to the nays because abortion has nothing to do with the protection of women’s health, despite the name of the bill; and there is no right to an abortion in the Constitution, the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision notwithstanding.

H.R. 4 would reestablish a “preclearance” process similar to what existed under the 1965 Voting Rights Act prior to 2013. Under it, states would be required to obtain permission from the U.S. Department of Justice prior to implementing modifications to their election laws. The types of election laws subject to preclearance under H.R. 4 include redistricting, and the bill effectively prohibits new voter ID laws or rollbacks of “multilingual voting materials.”

The House passed H.R. 4 on August 24, 2021 by a vote of 219 to 212 (Roll Call 260). We have assigned pluses to the nays because not only does this bill undermine election integrity, but it infringes upon state sovereignty as established under the 10th Amendment, subjugating it to the whims of federal bureaucrats.

This bill (H.R. 4373) would provide $62.2 billion for the State Department, foreign operations, and related programs for fiscal 2022, a 12-percent increase over the amount appropriated for the previous fiscal year. Loaded with foreign aid, the bill’s provisions include $29.6 billion for bilateral economic assistance, $9 billion for international security assistance, and $4 billion for multilateral assistance. It also includes $3 billion to address climate change and other environmental issues, including a multilateral Green Climate Fund.

The House passed H.R. 4373 on July 28, 2021 by a vote of 217 to 212 (Roll Call 243). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the United States cannot afford to give aid to the rest of the world (in fact, the United States must borrow the money it gives away, since it is operating in the red), and there is no constitutional authorization to do so.

House Resolution 503 established the “Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.” The committee has issued subpoenas targeting conservative lawmakers and allies of former President Trump, including Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, among others. In an interview with Breitbart News, Jordan described the committee as “the weaponization of government,” adding, “It’s all designed to go after President Trump.”

The House passed H.R. 503 on June 30, 2021 by a vote of 222 to 190 (Roll Call 197). On December 8, 2021, Meadows filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and all nine members of the January 6 Committee. The lawsuit, which describes the committee’s actions as “unconstitutional,” rightfully points out, “To the extent Congress seeks to utilize subpoenas to investigate and punish perceived criminal wrongdoing, it unconstitutionally intrudes on the prerogatives of the Executive Branch.” Furthermore, the January 6 Committee is part of a growing trend toward tyranny and political persecution. For these reasons we have assigned pluses to the nays.

H.R. 567 would allow the secretary of state to establish the “Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Program.” The TSCTP Program would “coordinate all programs, projects, and activities of the United States Government in countries in North and West Africa,” including improving the “ability of military and law enforcement entities in partner countries to detect, disrupt, respond to, and prosecute violent extremist and terrorist activity,” to “cooperate with the United States and other partner countries on counterterrorism and counter-extremism efforts,” and to “enhance the border security capacity of partner countries,” along with helping those African governments provide numerous social services for their citizens.

The House passed H.R. 567 on June 29, 2021 by a vote of 395 to 15 (Roll Call 192). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the U.S. Constitution does not authorize Congress or the Executive Branch to enter into permanent military alliances (which could result in dragging the United States into a war), provide or facilitate social services in foreign countries, or protect the borders of countries overseas, especially when our national borders remain unprotected.

H.R. 2225 would authorize $77.9 billion through fiscal 2026 for federal funding of science and engineering research and development. Over these five years, National Science Foundation (NSF) spending would increase from $12.5 billion in fiscal 2022 to an annual level of $17.9 billion in fiscal 2026. This bill would also create a new NSF Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions to fund research and development in response to “societal challenges” including climate change and “social and economic inequality.”

The House passed H.R. 2225 on June 28, 2021 by a vote of 345 to 67 (Roll Call 186). We have assigned pluses to the nays because there is no authorization in the Constitution to fund research and development, except for national defense.

H.R. 391 would require the president to develop and implement a strategy for advancing the Global Health Security Agenda, an international partnership to address global health threats posed by infectious diseases, which was launched by the United States and nearly 30 other nations in February 2014. One year later, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which include specific reference to the importance of global health security. H.R. 391 would also require the president to: (1) create a new position within the U.S. government of “global health security strategy coordinator”; and (2) in cooperation with “relevant United Nations agencies, including the World Health Organization,” create a new “Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness.” U.S. contributions to the fund would be authorized by H.R. 391.

The House passed H.R. 391 on June 28, 2021 by a vote of 307 to 112 (Roll Call 188). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the Constitution does not authorize any spending for domestic healthcare, let alone international healthcare.

H.R. 256 would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. Signed into law on October 16 of that year, the AUMF authorized the president to use the U.S. military “as he determines” to “defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq,” and “enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq.”

The House passed H.R. 256 on June 17, 2021 by a vote of 268 to 161 (Roll Call 172). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because, under the Constitution, the Congress, not the president, possesses the power to declare war, and by adopting the 2002 Iraq AUMF, Congress unconstitutionally abdicated this power. Also, the U.S. military should not be used by the president to enforce UN resolutions or to engage in nation building, and Iraq does not threaten the United States.

S. 475 designates “Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.” Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger led Union troops into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number Three, declaring, “in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” He was referring to the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, which applied only to “persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State” that was in “rebellion against the United States.” However, slavery was not legally abolished until the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on December 6, 1865.

The House passed S. 475 on June 16, 2021 by a vote of 415 to 14 (Roll Call 170). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the United States already observes 10 other federal holidays. Furthermore, seeing as slavery ended on December 6, not June 19, the inclusion of the words “National Independence Day” to Juneteenth creates the appearance of supplanting July 4 as America’s Independence Day. This perpetuates a false and dangerous notion that the United States has different days of independence depending on one’s race or ancestry, and is consistent with the communist tactic of “dividing the people” along racial lines.

H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, would admit most of the District of Columbia as the 51st state, rename it “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth,” and give it full representation in Congress, with two U.S. senators and one U.S. representative. Under the bill, the area of Washington, D.C., surrounding the National Mall and including the White House and U.S. Capitol would remain a separate federal district with three electoral votes in accordance with the 23rd Amendment.

The House passed H.R. 51 on April 22, 2021 by a vote of 216 to 208 (Roll Call 132). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the push for D.C. statehood is merely a politically motivated effort to gain two Democratic Party senators and thus more easily advance a left-wing agenda. Moreover, granting statehood to the District of Columbia violates Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. H.R. 51 purports to circumvent this constitutional prohibition by reducing D.C. to basically the Capitol and surrounding governmental buildings.

H.R. 1603 would give amnesty to illegal aliens who have worked at least 180 days — out of the previous two years — in the agriculture industry, likely affecting over 1.5 million illegals. Those illegals would then be eligible for green cards — and, eventually, citizenship — if they pay a fine and wait up to eight years. The bill makes multiple changes to the H-2A visa program, making it more attractive to migrants, including allowing 40,000 H-2A unskilled workers annually to receive green cards, which in turn would give those workers’ family members a path to U.S. residency and/or citizenship.

The House passed H.R. 1603 on March 18, 2021 by a vote of 247 to 174 (Roll Call 93). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill would encourage and reward mass migration to the United States. Mass migration is a tool of the Deep State to fundamentally alter the United States. By importing significant numbers of individuals from cultures with no knowledge or understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the Founding Fathers’ philosophical principles, the Deep State is able to reshape the nation to its liking — importing the very type of socialist and corrupt governments that many migrants arrived from.

H.R. 8 would criminalize most private firearms transactions unless they include an FBI background check. Specifically, this bill would require anyone desiring to transfer a firearm to bring the firearm to a licensed dealer, who would then take possession of the firearm and complete a background check on the intended recipient of the transfer. The firearm would be returned to the original owner if the transfer is rejected. Although the bill includes some exceptions to this universal requirement for a background check, it still represents a major infringement on our God-given right to keep and bear arms.

The House passed H.R. 8 on March 11, 2021 by a vote of 227 to 203 (Roll Call 75). We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill would be one more steppingstone toward the Deep State’s unconstitutional goal of total civilian disarmament.

H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, would follow the precedent set in 2020 of spending multiple trillions of dollars within one year on unconstitutional programs in the name of coronavirus relief. As summarized by a Treasury Department fact sheet posted after the House and Senate had approved the $1.9 trillion spending bill, 90 million Americans would receive more than $242 billion in direct payments ($1,400 for individuals, $2,800 for married couples, and $1,400 for each dependent); families would receive $3,600 for children under age six, and $3,000 for other children under age 18; state and local governments would receive $325 billion in emergency direct payments; states, territories, and tribes would receive $10 billion for capital projects; states, territories, and tribes would receive $10 billion for homeowner relief; states, territories, and tribes would receive $21.6 billion for emergency rental assistance for households affected by COVID-19; etc.

The House passed H.R. 1319 on March 10, 2021 by a vote of 220 to 211 (Roll Call 72). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress is failing to address its fiscally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process that yielded annual federal deficits of $3.1 trillion in fiscal 2020 and an expected $3.0 trillion in 2021. Moreover, virtually all of the coronavirus aid provisions, including direct checks, federal unemployment benefits, and economic subsidies, are unconstitutional.

The so-called Protecting the Right to Organize, or PRO, Act (H.R. 842) would end states’ right-to-work laws, empower the National Labor Relations Board to force employees to unionize against their will, encourage illegal aliens to join unions, and align U.S. labor laws with those of Mexico and Canada, in accordance with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which requires member countries to recognize collective bargaining at the national level.

The House passed H.R. 842 on March 9, 2021 by a vote of 225 to 206 (Roll Call 70). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the U.S. Constitution does not give the federal government any authority to regulate employers or workers. The 10th Amendment guarantees that the states and the people have authority over these matters.

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) would, according to a fact sheet released by the House Judiciary Committee, “establish a national standard for the operation of police departments,” governing the conduct of police officers. The bill also aims to defund police departments and allocate those funds to leftist “community organizations,” further perpetuating the Left’s war on police.

The House passed H.R. 1280 on March 3, 2021 by a vote of 220 to 212 (Roll Call 60). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the U.S. Constitution does not authorize the federal government to establish any type of national standards governing the operation, conduct, and accreditation of local law-enforcement agencies. To do so would constitute an egregious violation of the principles of federalism, as set forth in the 10th Amendment, and would be a major step toward nationalizing our local police into a federal police force — threatening our very existence as a free people.

The For the People Act (H.R. 1) would implement a sweeping federalization of American elections. Among the bill’s provisions, H.R. 1 would force states to implement nationwide Internet, automatic, and same-day voter registration. The bill would also mandate states to allow mail-in voting for all voters, make ballot “drop boxes” available in every county, and implement early voting at least 15 days prior to an election. Additionally, H.R. 1 would prohibit voter caging, greatly reducing verification of voter-registration lists; require states to set up “independent redistricting commissions” that take redistricting authority out of state legislatures’ hands; and enact additional campaign-finance regulations.

The House passed H.R. 1 on March 3, 2021 by a vote of 220 to 210 (Roll Call 62). We have assigned pluses to the nays because, under our system of government, state legislatures retain primary authority over regulating congressional elections.

The Equality Act (H.R. 5) would expand the definition of protected classes in federal law to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” Regarding the latter, the bill explicitly states that “an individual shall not be denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual’s gender identity.” That is, males who identify as females would be able to use the public restrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms of females — and vice versa. Moreover, the bill not only fails to include religious exemptions (e.g., allowing a church adoption agency to refuse placing children with homosexual couples), but explicitly states that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 cannot be used as a defense against the bill’s applications.

The House passed the Equality Act on February 25, 2021 by a vote of 224 to 206 (Roll Call 39). We have assigned pluses to the nays because of the harm it would cause to heterosexual children and adults, as well as threatening religious freedom and the right of association.

The article of impeachment (“Incitement of Insurrection”), contained in House Resolution 24, would impeach President Donald Trump for engaging in “high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States.” The article alleges Trump incited violence and insurrection by repeatedly issuing “false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials”; by reiterating the claim that “we won the election” at his January 6, 2021, Washington, D.C., rally; and by saying in his January 6 speech, “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

The House adopted the article of impeachment on January 13, 2021 by a vote of 232 to 197 (Roll Call 17). We have assigned pluses to the nays because President Trump had not committed any crime — much less “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (the constitutional standard for impeachment) — by exercising his right to free speech regarding the election results and political activism. Also, to interpret his “fight like hell” remark as a call to violence is ludicrous. In the same speech, Trump stated, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2021 (H.R. 6395) authorizes $740 billion in military spending. When President Donald Trump vetoed the NDAA on December 23, 2020, he stated in his veto message that “my administration recognizes the importance of the Act to our national security.” But, he also said, “Numerous provisions in the Act particularly contradict my Administration’s foreign policy, particularly my efforts to bring the troops home. I oppose endless wars, as does the American public.” He also cited other reasons for vetoing the NDAA, including Congress’ failure to end Section 230, which protects the social-media giants from liability for content posted on their sites, allowing them to create leftist monopolies.

The House overrode President Trump’s veto of the NDAA on December 28, 2020 by a vote of 322 to 87 (Roll Call 253). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the act includes spending not only for legitimate national defense, but also for military interventionism in foreign lands that does not make America safer. Also, the legislation undercuts the president’s legitimate authority as commander-in-chief by restricting his ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea.

H.R. 133, the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, was split in two parts by the House of Representatives under a voting procedure known as “dividing the question.” This part of the bill includes $860 billion in “discretionary” appropriations, including $696 billion for the Defense Department (which includes spending for foreign military interventionism as well as legitimate national defense) and $69 billion for the Homeland Security Department.

The House passed this part of H.R. 133 on December 21, 2020 by a vote of 327 to 85 (Roll Call 250). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress is failing to address its profligate spending that yielded an annual federal deficit of $3.1 trillion in fiscal 2020. Moreover, Congress is minimizing its accountability to voters by combining all “discretionary” federal spending and coronavirus aid into one gigantic bill and only holding two votes on that bill in the House.

H.R. 133, the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, was split in two parts by the House of Representatives under a voting procedure known as “dividing the question.” This part of the bill includes about $519 billion in discretionary appropriations and another $900 billion in coronavirus aid. Its discretionary provisions include a combined $197 billion for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education departments; $114 billion in mandatory Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding; and $590 million in aid to developing countries. The coronavirus aid provisions include $600 checks per adult or dependent child, $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits through March 14, 2021, $325 billion in loans and grants to small businesses, $81.9 billion in Education Department grants, $25 billion in rental assistance, and $13 billion in agricultural assistance.

The House passed this part of H.R. 133 on December 21, 2020 by a vote of 359 to 53 (Roll Call 251). We have assigned pluses to the nays because Congress is failing to address its fiscally and constitutionally irresponsible budgeting and appropriating process that yielded an annual federal deficit of $3.1 trillion in fiscal 2020. Congress is minimizing its accountability to voters by combining all “discretionary” federal spending and coronavirus aid into one gigantic bill and only holding two votes on that bill in the House. Moreover, most of the coronavirus aid provisions, including direct checks, federal unemployment benefits, and subsidization of the economy, exceed the federal government’s authority.

H.R. 4447, called the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, is a 1,206-page climate bill that would create a goal of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, in line with recommendations by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The bill also creates and reauthorizes multiple grants favoring “clean” energy sources. And it includes multiple provisions requiring federal government cooperation and integration with international organizations and standards.

The House passed H.R. 4447 on September 24, 2020 by a vote of 220 to 185 (Roll Call 206). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the bill advances a radical environmentalist agenda and increases federal government meddling in the energy market. Under the Constitution’s Interstate Commerce Clause, the federal government is empowered “to regulate Commerce … among the several States” only to prevent the restriction of the free flow of goods among the states. Moreover, H.R. 4447 infringes on U.S. sovereignty and will cause energy costs to skyrocket.

H.R. 2694, titled the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, would enact federal workplace regulations on employers with 15 or more employees, requiring them to make “reasonable accommodations” for employees whose workplace performance might be impacted by pregnancy or childbirth.

The House passed H.R. 2694 on September 17, 2020 by a vote of 329 to 73 (Roll Call 195). We have assigned pluses to the nays because nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to regulate private employers, and federal requirements for covered benefits usually mean decreased pay. This is a matter reserved for the states and the people under the 10th Amendment.

H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act, permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at $900 million annually. The LWCF was created in 1964 to purchase and develop land for “recreational” uses. The bill also creates the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (NPPLLRF), which is funded at $1.9 billion annually for five years. This funding comes from oil, gas, and other energy royalties on federal property, and the NPPLLRF allocates this funding to maintenance in national parks and other federal lands.

The House passed H.R. 1957 on July 22, 2020 by a vote of 310 to 107 (Roll Call 155). We have assigned pluses to the nays not only because this bill irresponsibly increases the federal deficit and diverts energy royalties from being spent for needed constitutional purposes, but also because the Constitution does not authorize Congress to purchase private property except “for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings.” Moreover, the federal government already owns a huge percentage of land directly —about 28 percent of the nation — and is a demonstrably poor steward of public lands.

H.R. 7573 provides for the removal of certain statues and busts from display in the Capitol. It demands that statues of members of the Confederacy be removed from the National Statuary Hall and prohibited from being displayed at the Capitol in the future. The statues in question will be returned to the states that sent them, at the states’ expense, if the states desire.

The House passed H.R. 7573 on July 22, 2020 by a vote of 305 to 113 (Roll Call 156). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the statues that fill the National Statuary Hall are sent by the states at their discretion, and Congress should not be assuming the authority to tell the states which statues they are and are not allowed to place in the hall. This is plainly an attempt to erase American history.

H.R. 2 authorizes funding for federal highway, transit, highway safety, motor carrier, research, hazardous materials, and rail programs of the Department of Transportation. It provides $46.4 billion in fiscal 2021 funding and provides up to $12.5 billion in funding through fiscal 2025 to reduce the “climate-change” impacts of the surface-transportation system. It also implements new transportation safety requirements and directs the Transportation Department to establish a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to maintain the Highway Trust Fund.

The House passed H.R. 2 on July 1, 2020 by a vote of 233 to 188 (Roll Call 138). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the federal government should not be funding highways, addressing transportation-related “climate-change” issues, promoting motor-vehicle safety, or imposing a tax on driving in order to pay for highway construction and maintenance. Such projects should be left in the hands of state or municipal governments, where the Constitution intends such issues to be handled.

H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, would admit most of the District of Columbia as the 51st state, rename it “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth,” and give it full representation in Congress, with two U.S. senators and one U.S. representative. Under the bill, the area of Washington, D.C., surrounding the National Mall and including the White House and U.S. Capitol would remain a separate federal district with three electoral votes in accordance with the 23rd Amendment.

The House passed H.R. 51 on June 26, 2020 by a vote of 232 to 180 (Roll Call 122). We have assigned pluses to the nays because the push for D.C. statehood is merely a politically motivated effort to gain two Democratic Party senators and thus more easily advance a left-wing agenda. Moreover, granting statehood to the District of Columbia violates Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. H.R. 51 purports to circumvent this constitutional prohibition by reducing D.C. to basically the Capitol and surrounding governmental buildings.

H.R. 7120, titled “The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,” would further interject the federal government in local law enforcement. As summarized by the Congressional Research Service, the bill “authorizes the Department of Justice to issue subpoenas in investigations of police departments for a pattern or practice of discrimination”; “establishes a framework to prohibit racial profiling at the federal, state, and local levels”; and “establishes new requirements for law enforcement officers and agencies, including … wear[ing] body cameras.”

The House passed H.R. 7120 on June 25, 2020 by a vote of 236 to 181 (Roll Call 119). We have assigned pluses to the nays because law enforcement is a local or state matter, and that is where decisions such as requiring police officers to wear body cameras should be made. By contrast, H.R. 7120 would move the country further in the direction of a federalized police force beholden to Washington.

The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES Act, (H.R. 6800) is another bloated unconstitutional coronavirus aid package, to the tune of $3.2 trillion — even more ambitious than the already swollen $2.2 trillion CARES Act (H.R. 748) passed by Congress. The HEROES Act would provide a second round of stimulus checks to qualifying individuals and families. It also includes about $1 trillion in aid for state and local governments to pay essential workers, such as first responders, healthcare workers, and teachers, who are at most at risk of losing their jobs due to state and local budgetary shortfalls.

The House passed H.R. 6800 on May 15, 2020 along partisan lines by a vote of 208 to 199 (Roll Call 109). We have assigned pluses to the nays because there is no provision in the Constitution for Congress to bail out the economy.

The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266) was the fourth coronavirus aid package that Congress passed. It was primarily passed to replenish the funds of and give additional lending power to the Small Business Administration and its Paycheck Protection Program  (PPP). The PPP was originally established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, (H.R. 748), the third and massive $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package previously passed by voice vote in the House.

The House passed H.R. 266 on April 23, 2020 by a vote of 388 to 5 (Roll Call 104). We have assigned pluses to the nays because nowhere in the Constitution is the federal government authorized to disburse loans to small businesses or cover the salaries of laid-off employees. It should never be the responsibility of the federal government to bail out businesses or people forced out of business or work.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (H.R. 6172) would modify and reauthorize through December 1, 2023 federal surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and subsequent laws. The bill would limit a number of authorities under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, such as prohibiting the collection of information when an individual has a “reasonable expectation of privacy.”

The House passed H.R. 6172 on March 11, 2020 by a vote of 278 to 136 (Roll Call 98). We have assigned pluses to the nays because, while many of the modifications to the FISA are positive from a freedom and privacy standpoint, Congress should have instead voted to not reauthorize the FISA and let it expire. Despite being labeled the “Foreign” Intelligence Surveillance Act, the act does permit surveillance of Americans who are not charged with any crime.