rollcall 03/29/2026
Targeted News Service
For the week that ended Thursday, March 26.
WATER QUALITY: The House passed the American Water Stewardship Act (H.R. 6422), sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., to reauthorize through fiscal 2031, and modify, six water quality programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, including the Great Lakes and the Columbia River watershed. The vote, on March 24, was 378 yeas to 32 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, D-1, Vasquez, D-2, Leger Fernández
CRIME AND TOURISM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House has passed the Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act (H.R. 5103), sponsored by Rep. John J. McGuire, R-Va., to establish a presidential commission for recommending ways to reduce crime, including violations of immigration law, in Washington, D.C., as well as repairing and restoring monuments in the District, and improving the cleanliness of its tourist locations The vote, on March 25, was 218 yeas to 206 nays.
NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
HOMELAND SECURITY RESOLUTION: The House has passed a bill (H. Res. 1128), sponsored by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., stating the importance of fully funding the Department of Homeland Security, and claiming a greater risk to the American people each day full funding is not provided. The vote, on March 26, was 225 yeas to 187 nays, with 13 voting present.
NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
HOMELAND SECURITY: The House has passed the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (H.R. 8029), sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., to provide remainder of fiscal 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and provide back pay for Department employees not paid during the ongoing lapse in funding that began in mid-February. The vote, on March 26, was 218 yeas to 206 nays.
NAYS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
ALTERNATIVE HOMELAND SECURITY BILL: The House has rejected a motion, sponsored by Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Conn., to recommit the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (H.R. 8029) to the House Appropriations Committee, with instructions to redraft the bill to fund all programs of the Department of Homeland Security not related to immigration. The vote to recommit, on March 26, was 210 yeas to 215 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
GENDER AND SPORTS: The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to end debate on an amendment sponsored by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (S. 1383). The amendment would require governing bodies of U.S. amateur sports to bar males from competing in female-only contests. The vote, on March 21, was 49 yeas to 41 nays, with a three-fifths majority required.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin had been a senator for Oklahoma since the start of 2023, previously a House member for a decade, and before that, a plumbing business owner and a rancher. The vote, on March 23, was 54 yeas to 45 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich
NAYS: Luján
FRAUD ENFORCEMENT: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Colin McDonald to be the Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement. McDonald was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of California from 2014 to early 2025; he has been a Justice attorney in Washington, D.C., for the past year. The vote, on March 24, was 52 yeas to 47 nays.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján
IRAN WAR AUTHORIZATION: The Senate has rejected a motion to discharge from its Foreign Relations Committee a bill (S.J. Res. 116), sponsored by Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., that would require the end of U.S. military action against Iran in the absence of specific authorization from Congress. The vote, on March 24, was 47 yeas to 53 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
RENEWABLE ENERGY SUBSIDIES: The Senate has rejected a motion to proceed to consideration of a bill (S.J. Res. 107), sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. The bill would cancel a proposed Internal Revenue Service rule that would restrict eligibility for clean energy tax credits for solar and wind electricity generation projects. The vote, on March 25, was 47 yeas to 53 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
ABORTION AND THE VA: The Senate has rejected a motion to proceed to consideration of a bill (S.J. Res. 103), sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., that would cancel a Department of Veterans Affairs rule issued in late 2025 that removed abortions and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package for veterans. The vote, on March 25, was 48 yeas to 50 nays.
YEAS: Heinrich, Luján
VOTING AND PHOTO ID: The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to end debate on an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (S. 1383). The amendment would require those voting in federal elections to provide photo identification of themselves. The vote, on March 26, was 53 yeas to 47 nays, with a three-fifths majority required.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján
HOMELAND SECURITY: The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to proceed to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 7147), sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a bill to provide $101 billion of fiscal 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote, on March 26, was 53 yeas to 47 nays, with a three-fifths majority required.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján
