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| 2018-01-24 | Confirming Sam Brownback as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom | Confirmed (49-49) |
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| This vote confirms Sam Brownback as the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, whose duties include monitoring persecution and discrimination on a global scale through the Office of International Religious Freedom. ACU supported the confirmation of Brownback who, as a Governor, Senator and Representative of Kansas, compiled a strong voting record and demonstrated a commitment to conservative principles. | |||||
| 2018-01-29 | Banning Abortions of Pain-Capable Unborn Children [S2311] | Rejected (51-46) |
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| Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on a bill known as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which makes it unlawful to abort pain-capable unborn children. The bill states that unborn children are pain-capable at 20 weeks of pregnancy and provides exceptions if the abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother or if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. At this stage in a pregnancy, unborn babies react to touch, are fully formed and have beating hearts and functional brains. | |||||
| 2018-02-15 | Defunding "Sanctuary Cities" and Strengthening the Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws [HR2579] | Rejected (54-45) |
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| Motion to invoke cloture (end debate) on the Toomey (R-PA) amendment to an unrelated health care bill which establishes the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. Under the act, a portion of a state's or local government's federal funding is withheld if they fail to cooperate with federal immigration authorities or fail to comply with federal immigration law. ACU supports efforts to force states to comply with federal authorities as they perform their constitutional role in enforcing the nation's immigration laws. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Confirming Russell Vought as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Confirmed (49-49) |
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| This vote confirms Russell Vought as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The position plays a critical role in carrying out the president's policy agenda government-wide. ACU supported the confirmation of Vought, who has fought for the principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility throughout his career. | |||||
| 2018-03-14 | Reforming Devastating Banking and Lending Regulations under Dodd-Frank [S2155] | Passed (67-31) |
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| This bill modifies some of the devastating regulations imposed on the financial sector through an Obama-era bill known as Dodd-Frank, which resulted in 22,000 pages of new regulations. Some of the reforms under this bill include regulatory relief for both small and large banks, reduced red tape on mortgage lending, and other revisions to encourage capital formation. ACU believes no business is "too big to fail," supports expanding consumer access to credit and eliminating regulations under Dodd-Frank that have shuttered numerous banks, especially small lenders and credit unions. | |||||
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