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NOTE ON SOURCES USED: Visit govtrack.us/congress/members, congress.gov or clerk.house.gov for additional details. For example: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023144 is the direct link to a listing of how House Members voted on HR1093

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This example recaps some of the votes cast by one member in Congress – Rep. Delia Ramirez from Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. (Note: party-line votes are excluded.)

♦♦♦♦  October 19, 2023 – House Res 798 – adopt a resolution that condemns the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations. This is a vote to condemn the support of Hamas, Hezbollah and terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, and urges the Department of Education to direct the Office for Civil Rights to investigate and, where appropriate, take immediate action.

  • Republicans Yes – 212
  • Democrats Yes – 184
  • Republicans No – 1
  • Democrats No – 22 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦  October 25, 2023 – House Res 798 – Standing with Israel as it defends itself.

  • Republicans Yes – 218
  • Democrats Yes – 194
  • Republicans No – 1
  • Democrats No – 9 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦  February 2, 2023 – Continuing Resolution 9 – Vote to denounce Socialism. The vote was a resolution to denounce the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.

  • Republicans Yes – 219
  • Democrats Yes – 109
  • Republicans No – 0
  • Democrats No – 86 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦ May 14, 2024 – Recruit and Retain Act S546 – Vote to facilitate and fund improved recruitment efforts for law enforcement agencies.

  • Yes – 370
  • No – 18 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦ January 10, 2023 – Resolution 11 – Vote to establish committee to study/monitor Chinese threat. The vote was to establish a Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and Chinese Communist Party.

  • Republicans Yes – 218
  • Democrats Yes – 147
  • Republicans No – 0
  • Democrats No – 65 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦ March 22, 2023 – Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act. Amends the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 – requires that the U.S. State Department periodically conduct reviews of its guidelines for engagement with Taiwan, and submit a report to Congress at least once every two years to strengthen the governing body’s supervision of U.S.-Taiwan relations. Directs the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the advanced capabilities of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.

  • Yes – 404
  • No – 7 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

♦♦♦♦ March 23, 2023 – HR 1093 – A vote that recognizes the security threat posed by China by strengthening the security alliance between Australia, US and UK. Direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the advanced capabilities of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. link www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1093/all-actions?overview=closed#tabs – leads to clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023144;

  • Republicans Yes – 209
  • Democrats Yes – 184
  • Republicans No – 0
  • Democrats No – 4 (Delia Ramirez voted No)
  • NV 38

♦♦♦♦ June 25, 2024 – HR 2789 – American Cooperation with our Neighbors Act. Act. Vote to strengthen cooperation between U.S., Mexico and Central American countries related to fentanyl trafficking. ty of fentanyl as a national problem by permanently placing fentanyl-related substances as a class on the Controlled Substances Act.

  • Yes – 368
  • No – 19 (Delia Ramirez voted No)

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Visit votesmart.org.  Easy to use.  Track specific votes of members of Congress.   Specific questions? call Vote Smart at 888.868.3762, 8 to 5CT, Mon-Fri.

Visit projects.propublica.org.  Easy to use.  Best use of Propublica is for comparing voting records between individual members of Congress: copy direct link to your browser – https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/compare-votes/118

Visit govtrack.us/congress/members.  Comprehensive.  Enter your zip code to find out who your Representative is.

Visit congress.gov.  Comprehensive.  Includes members who sponsored/cosponsored specific bills.

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“Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.”
Nicolas Gomez Davila
philosopher
1913 – 1994

“Cada civilización muere por la indiferencia hacia los valores únicos que la crearon.”