rollcall 01/18/2026

Targeted News Service

For the week ending Thursday, Jan. 15.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND MANUFACTURED HOMES: The House has passed the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act (H.R. 5184), sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., to cancel a May 2022 Energy Department rule setting out energy efficiency standards for manufactured homes. The vote, on Jan. 9, was 263 yeas to 147 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, D-1, Leger Fernández, D-3

YEAS: Vasquez, D-2

TRADE IN REMOTE ACCESS PRODUCTS: The House has passed the Remote Access Security Act (H.R. 2683), sponsored by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., to establish that exports of products that enable remote access to objects located in the U.S. are subject to federal controls. The vote, on Jan. 12, was 369 yeas to 22 nays.

YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

TRADE WITH AFRICA: The House has passed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Extension Act (H.R. 6500), sponsored by Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., to extend through 2028 duty-free treatment of most exports from an array of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The vote, on Jan. 12, was 340 yeas to 54 nays.

YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

CLOTHES FROM HAITI: The House has passed the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act (H.R. 6504), sponsored by Rep. Gregory F. Murphy, R-N.C., to extend through 2028 duty-free status for apparel imports from Haiti. The vote, on Jan. 12, was 345 yeas to 45 nays.

YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

FEDERAL LABOR STANDARDS: The House has rejected the Flexibility for Workers Education Act (H.R. 2262), sponsored by Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa. The bill would have excluded some types of voluntary employee training, done outside of working hours, from a federal definition of hours worked. The vote, on Jan. 13, was 209 yeas to 215 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

REGULATING SHOWERHEADS: The House has passed the Saving Homeowners from Overregulation With Exceptional Rinsing Act (H.R. 4593), sponsored by Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C. The bill would use the definition of a shower head from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to make federal water efficiency regulations. The vote, on Jan. 13, was 226 yeas to 197 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY: The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Elijah Crane, R-Ariz., to the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (H.R. 7006) that would have eliminated funding for the National Endowment for Democracy from the bill. The vote, on Jan. 14, was 127 yeas to 291 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

STATE, TREASURY BUDGETS: The House has passed the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (H.R. 7006), sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. The bill would provide $90 billion of fiscal 2026 funding for the State and Treasury Departments, the judiciary branch, and various security and foreign affairs agencies. The vote, on Jan. 14, was 341 yeas to 79 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, Leger Fernández

YEAS: Vasquez

EMPLOYER RETIREMENT PLANS: The House has passed the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act (H.R. 2988), sponsored by Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Ga., to change federal regulation of fiduciaries for employer-sponsored retirement investment plans. Changes include anti-discrimination measures, and requiring fiduciaries to use only financial concerns to shape investment actions. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 213 yeas to 205 nays.

NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández

HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES: The Senate has rejected a motion to proceed to a bill (S.J. Res. 84), sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., that would have canceled a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule issued last June governing enrollment on individual health insurance exchanges, including by requiring verification of eligibility to buy insurance on the exchanges. The vote, on Jan. 13, was 47 yeas to 52 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, D, Luján, D

VENEZUELA: The Senate has sustained a point of order brought by Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, objecting to the privileged status of a bill (S.J. Res. 98) that would require the ending of U.S. military force against Venezuela in the absence of authorization from Congress. The vote, on Jan. 14, was 50 yeas to 50 nays, with Vice President Vance casting a 51st yea vote.

NAYS: Heinrich, Luján

FUNDING VARIOUS AGENCIES: The Senate has passed the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act (H.R. 6938), sponsored by Tom Cole, R-Okla. The bill would provide $215 billion of fiscal 2026 funding for many federal agencies, including the Energy, Interior, Commerce, and Justice Departments. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 82 yeas to 15 nays.

YEAS: Heinrich, Luján