Kan Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (90-7, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Derek Kan to be undersecretary of Transportation for policy.
Sen. Rob Portman voted YES
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES
Bradbury Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (50-47, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Steven Bradbury to be general counsel of the Department of Transportation.
Sen. Rob Portman voted YES
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted NO
Esper Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (89-6, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Mark T. Esper to be secretary of the Army.
Sen. Rob Portman voted YES
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES
Zatezalo Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (52-46, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of David G. Zatezalo to be assistant secretary of Labor for mine safety
and health.
Sen. Rob Portman voted YES
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted NO
Otting Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (54-43, 3 Not Voting)
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency.
Sen. Rob Portman voted YES
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted NO
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Flood Insurance Reauthorization - Vote Passed (237-189, 7 Not Voting)
Passage
of the bill, as amended, would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance
Program through fiscal 2022 and would make modifications to the
program, including: raise annual surcharges and reserve fund assessments
on federal flood insurance policyholders, raise rates on properties
that incur multiple losses, establish an annual deductible for severe
and extreme repetitive loss properties and end the requirement that
flood insurance be purchased for commercial and multifamily properties
located in flood risk zones.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES
Fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization-Conference Report - Vote Passed (356-70, 7 Not Voting)
Adoption
of the conference report on the bill would authorize $692.1 billion for
defense programs in fiscal 2018, including $65.7 billion for overseas
operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and for the general war on
terror. It would authorize $241.2 billion for operations and
maintenance; $146.2 billion for military personnel; 10.7 billion for
military construction and family housing; $15 billion for
ballistic-missile defense; and $33.9 billion for defense health care
programs, including $396 million from the overseas operations account.
It also would prohibit the use of funds for a new round of base
closures. It would authorize $8 billion for various cybersecurity
programs. The bill would authorize a 2.4 percent pay raise for military
personnel. It also would prohibit detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
from being transferred to U.S. soil, and would prohibit the closing of
the main base and detention facility at Guantanamo.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES
Tax Overhaul - Vote Passed (227-205, 2 Not Voting)
Passage
of the bill would revise the federal income tax system by: lowering
individual and corporate tax rates; consolidating the current seven tax
income rates into four rates; eliminating the deduction for state and
local income taxes; limiting certain deductions for property taxes and
home mortgages; and creating a new system of taxing U.S. corporations
with foreign subsidiaries. Specifically, it would eliminate personal
exemptions and would nearly double the standard deduction. It would
raise the child tax credit through 2022, repeal the alternative minimum
tax, repeal the estate tax in 2025 and reduce the gift tax rate in 2025.
It would establish a new top tax rate for pass-through business income
and would modify tax credits related to energy production.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES |
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