For the

week
ending
Nov. 3

Medicare Cost Controls: The House voted,

Y Y N N Y 307-111, to abolish a panel of outside experts
created by the Affordable Care Act to provide
Congress with recommendations for
controlling per capita Medicare costs. A yes
vote was to kill the Independent Payment
Advisory Board. (HR 849)
Russian Election Meddling: The House
Y Y N N N blocked, 230-193, a Democratic bid for floor
debate on a bill (HR 356) to launch an
independent commission for probing what U.
S. intelligence agencies say was Russian
interference in the 2016 presidential election.
A yes vote opposed the motion.
Forest Policies on Federal Land: The
Y Y N N N House passed, 232-188, a bill softening
environmental laws to allow commercial
logging to be used more widely as a tool for
preventing wildfires on Bureau of Land
Management and U.S. Forest Service land. A
yes vote backed HR 2936.
Arbitration v. Access to Courts: The House
N N Y Y Y refused, 189-232, to strip HR 2936 (above) of
a program under which lawsuits contesting U.
S. Forest Service management practices
would be resolved by mandatory arbitration
rather than access to courts. A yes vote
opposed the program.
Childrens Health Insurance: The House
Y Y N N N extended, 242-174, the Childrens Health
Insurance Program through fiscal 2022 and
other health programs through 2019. A yes
vote was to pass HR 3922 over objections to
its use of Affordable Care Act funds to help
offset the $18 billion cost.
Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation: The
N N Senate confirmed, 55-43, University of Notre
Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett to sit
on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A
yes vote supported Barrett, 45, over
Democratic objections to her conservative
views on womens reproductive rights.
KEY VOTES AHEAD 2017 Voterama in Congress www.voterama.biz
The House will take up bills on hydropower licensing and small-
business deregulation in the week of Nov. 6, while the Senate will vote
on judicial nominations.