Weekly Congress Monitor                   Weeks of Feb 25-March 13, 2021   

CD 6   Rep. Emmer Voting Record      Is there a pattern here?

 

H.R. 5 Equality Act     Emmer voted "Nay"                               2/25/21     Passed    224/206

This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation.

The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services.

The bill allows the Department of Justice to intervene in equal protection actions in federal court on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The bill prohibits an individual from being 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.

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H.R. 1319  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021   Emmer voted "Nay"       2/26/21     Passed     220/211

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H.R. 803*  Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021     Emmer voted "Nay"        2/26/21      Passed    227/200

This bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.    The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, the National Park Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be incorporated into the West Elk Wilderness.  

The Department of the Interior may continue authorizing competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness and Handies Peak Wilderness Areas.  The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill.    The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as (1) potential wilderness areas, and (2) the Pisgah East Wilderness and the Pisgah West Wilderness upon publication by Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that all nonconforming uses of such lands authorized by this bill have ceased.  

The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

The Department of Defense shall conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the Western United States would have on the readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces with respect to aviation training.

 

Note H.Amdt.19

(Davis) to H.R. 1: To strike Subtitle C of Title III "Enhancing Protections for United States Democratic Instructions" creating a national strategy to protect US democratic institutions by establishing a national commission.

Emmer voted  "Yea"     3/2/21     Bill Failed     207/218

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H.R. 1280

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021       Emmer voted "Nay"  3/3/21         Passed  220/212

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H.R. 1  For the people Act of 2021         Emmer voted "Nay"                   3/3/21         Passed   220/210

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H.Res. 188   Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 842) to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes        Emmer voted Nay    3/8/21          Passed   218/197

 

H.R. 842   Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021   Emmer voted  Nay  3/9/21   Passed 226/206

 

H.R. 8    Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021                    Emmer voted Nay   3/11/21   Passed  227/203

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H.R. 1446   Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021   Emmer voted  Nay            3/11/21   Passed    219/210

*H.R. 803: Initially, when I read the summary it appeared to protect land and water. But then, I read it again. It appears to protect certain wilderness lands and gain water rights, not for Indigenous Peoples – in this case the Ute people (Colorado was bullied from them in “or else” deals with the U.S. government.) How do the Indigenous people feel about this legislation? More research in order, here. So, it remains to be seen if Rep. Emmer’s Nay vote was obstructionist.