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| 2013-07-16 | Richard Cordray Nomination | Agreed To (71-29) |
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| The Senate confirmed the nomination of Richard Cordray as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Cordray had been given a recess appointment as director at a time when the Senate was not in recess. The agency was created by the Dodd-Frank banking overhaul bill that prohibited congressional oversight of the agency and Senate Republicans had pledged not to confirm a director until reforms were made. | |||||
| 2013-07-17 | Thomas Perez Nomination | Agreed To (60-40) |
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| The Senate confirmed the nomination of Thomas Perez as Secretary of Labor. As Chief of the Department of Justice Civil Rights division he had used his political power to advance his own agenda. An Inspector General's report cited him for overruling career staff recommendations when he tried to stop purging ineligible voters off the rolls and attacked South Carolina's voter ID law. | |||||
| 2013-07-18 | Gina McCarthy EPA Nomination | Agreed To (69-31) |
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| The Senate confirmed the nomination of Gina McCarthy as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. As Assistant Director for Air and Radiation, McCarthy was a key architect of the Obama Administration's draconian regulatory policy that has cost jobs and banned construction of coal-fired plants. After her confirmation, McCarthy's top policy advisor was charged with taking $900,000 in pay and benefits illegally. | |||||
| 2013-11-07 | Employment Non-Discrimination Act [S815] | Agreed To (64-34) |
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| This bill would prohibit hiring decisions based on "gender identity" with narrow-based exemptions for religiously-based organizations as defined by the federal government. Under the bill, employers can be liable for legal action based on vaguely defined actions that "adversely affect the status of an employee or applicant." | |||||
| 2013-11-19 | Guantanamo [S1197] | Rejected (43-55) |
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| Ayotte (R-NH) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would have removed provisions that weaken the national security standards required to move terrorists being held at Guantanamo. | |||||
| 2013-12-17 | Tax-and-Spend Budget [HJRES59] | Agreed To (67-33) |
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| This bill eliminates the spending reductions agreed to in the sequester, more than doubles the airline ticket tax and uses budget gimmicks to claim savings in future years for spending increases now. ACU opposes tax-and-spend budgets at a time when our national debt is over $17 trillion. | |||||
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