Elissa Slotkin
Senator, Michigan
Elissa Slotkin gets an F
Score: 46 out of 100, the average of 11 measures. On 56 of 111 votes and bills, Slotkin was on the liberty side.
A on Iran: the people, Allies and Military. F on Iran: the regime, Israel, Borders and Islamic migration. Every measure weighs the same.
- FIran: the regime8 of 18 with liberty
- AIran: the people2 of 2 with liberty
- FIsrael9 of 16 with liberty
- AAllies10 of 10 with liberty
- AMilitary13 of 13 with liberty
- FBorders6 of 15 with liberty
- FIslamic migration0 of 3 with liberty
- FIslamization2 of 3 with liberty
- –Secularism1 of 1, too few to count
- FCapitalism3 of 17 with liberty
- FFree speech0 of 2 with liberty
- FAnti-woke2 of 11 with liberty
Every vote behind this grade
114 votes and bills on the record.
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Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 89)
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Concurrent Resolution. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (H.R. 5334)
Imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia's officials, banks and energy trade, allows steep import duties on countries that keep buying Russian oil and gas, and extends the Iran Sanctions Act through 2031. The sanctions were added to a small tax bill for early childhood teachers.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. It puts heavy economic pressure on Putin and extends sanctions on the regime in Iran.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 181)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 86)
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, except forces needed to defend the United States or an ally from imminent attack, unless Congress authorizes force.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Concurrent Resolution. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Lee motion on the Secure America Act: proof of citizenship to register
Would have added the SAVE America voter rules: proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote in federal elections.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. It keeps non-citizens off the voter rolls. The task brief lists the SAVE Act under this measure.
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Durbin motion on the Secure America Act: shield DACA recipients
Would have moved ICE money to DACA processing and barred the arrest, detention or deportation of DACA recipients.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. Voting no keeps the enforcement money and opposes a blanket shield from deportation.
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Secure America Act (S. 2), Senate passage
A party-line budget bill giving about 70 billion dollars through 2029 to Border Patrol, ICE and border technology. Signed into law in June 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. The largest immigration enforcement funding vote of 2026.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 185)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 163)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 123)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Blocking a sale of armored bulldozers to Israel (S.J.Res. 32)
Would have blocked a 295 million dollar US sale of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 138)
Would have blocked a 152 million dollar US sale of 12,000 1,000-pound bombs to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Cloture on the Tuberville and Blackburn women's sports amendment
A vote to end debate on an amendment adding the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to another bill. It needed 60 votes and got 49.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Cloture Motion. A yes vote backed keeping women's sports for biological women.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 118)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 104)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Homeland Security funding, cloture (H.R. 7147)
A vote to move ahead with the House-passed Homeland Security funding bill, used as the vehicle for a short-term extension. Democrats blocked it to demand new limits on ICE, and DHS funding lapsed days later.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Cloture Motion. The fight was over whether to fund ICE without new restrictions.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, final version (S. 1071)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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Sanders amendment to the 2026 defense bill: cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent
Would have cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent and moved the money to dental care for veterans.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to shrink the US military.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Senate passage (S. 2296)
The Senate version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. It funds and equips the US military.
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Blocking a sale of automatic rifles to Israel (S.J.Res. 41)
Would have blocked the export of tens of thousands of automatic rifles to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 34)
Would have blocked a US sale of bombs and related support services to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Senate passage)
The 2025 reconciliation law that made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, added new tax cuts, cut some federal spending and funded border and defense priorities.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. A yes vote backed the tax cuts named in this measure.
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Iran war powers resolution after the June 2025 strikes (S.J.Res. 59)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran unless Congress authorized them. It came days after the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to tie the President's hands against the regime.
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Disapproving the California gas car phase-out waiver (H.J.Res. 88)
Overturns the EPA waiver that let California require all new cars sold in the state to be zero emission by 2035.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote opposed a mandate that would end sales of new gas cars.
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Blocking a sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 33)
Would have blocked a 2 billion dollar US sale of heavy bombs to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of bombs and guidance kits to Israel (S.J.Res. 26)
Would have blocked a 6.75 billion dollar US sale of bombs and guidance kits to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Disapproving the CFPB cap on bank overdraft fees (S.J.Res. 18)
Overturns a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have capped overdraft fees at large banks at 5 dollars.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote opposed a federal price cap on a banking service.
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Disapproving the IRS crypto broker reporting rule (H.J.Res. 25)
Overturns an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report customer transactions as brokers.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote removed a major new reporting regulation on a new industry.
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Cloture on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (S. 9)
A vote to move ahead with the bill that makes it a Title IX violation for schools to let biological males compete in women's and girls' sports. It needed 60 votes and got 51.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
Senate vote · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. A yes vote backed keeping women's sports for biological women.
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Budget amendment backing REINS Act style approval of major rules
An amendment to the 2025 budget resolution supporting legislation that stops federal agencies from finalizing major rules without a vote of Congress.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. A yes vote backed the REINS Act idea, which has had no direct Senate vote.
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NO BAN Act
Senate version of the NO BAN Act.
- Liberty position
- Stay off
- Slotkin
- Cosponsored
- Result
- Against liberty
Bill sponsorship. The Senate has never voted on this bill, so cosponsorship is the only signal.
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Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (H.R. 23)
Would sanction officials of the International Criminal Court who investigate, arrest or prosecute Americans or citizens of allies such as Israel. The Senate vote was on whether to take the bill up, and it fell short of the 60 votes needed.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. It answers the court's arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister.
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Laken Riley Act amendment: add crimes causing death or serious injury
Added crimes that cause death or serious bodily injury to the offenses that trigger mandatory detention of illegal immigrants.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. Widens detention of criminal aliens.
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Laken Riley Act (S. 5), Senate passage
Requires detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft, burglary, assaulting an officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury, and lets states sue over enforcement failures.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. Mandatory detention of criminal aliens. The task brief names this bill.
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Laken Riley Act amendment: remove states' power to sue
Would have removed the part of the Laken Riley Act that lets state attorneys general sue federal officials who fail to detain illegal immigrants.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. Voting no keeps a tool for forcing enforcement.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, final version (H.R. 5009)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2025, including a large pay raise for junior troops.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
Would cut off federal funds that sanctuary jurisdictions use to provide food, shelter, health care and other services to illegal immigrants.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It penalizes cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
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End Woke Higher Education Act (H.R. 3724)
Stops college accreditors from requiring schools to adopt political or ideological positions, and requires public colleges to protect free speech and association rights on campus.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote backed speech protections on campus and opposed political litmus tests for colleges.
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Disapproving the 2024 Title IX rule on gender identity (H.J.Res. 165)
Overturns the Education Department rule that extended Title IX sex discrimination protections to gender identity in schools.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed redefining sex in education law to include gender identity.
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SAVE Act (H.R. 8281, 118th)
Would require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. It keeps non-citizens off the voter rolls. The task brief lists the SAVE Act under this measure.
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Amendment to the FY2025 defense bill: no Pentagon transport of Palestinian refugees to the US
Barred the Defense Department from using its aircraft to bring Palestinian refugees to the United States.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A direct vote on bringing refugees from Gaza to the US.
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Biggs amendment to the 2025 defense bill: block NATO funding
Amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that would have barred money for any NATO activity until every member spends 2 percent of its economy on defense.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to pull the United States back from NATO.
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Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (H.R. 8282)
Sanctions officials of the International Criminal Court who investigate or prosecute Americans or citizens of allies such as Israel.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It answers the court's move to seek the arrest of Israel's leaders.
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CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (H.R. 5403)
Bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency directly to individuals or using one for monetary policy.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed a government-run digital dollar.
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Israel Security Assistance Support Act (H.R. 8369)
Requires the administration to deliver weapons to Israel that it had paused and bars spending to hold back approved arms.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. It forces delivery of weapons that had been held back from Israel.
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Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act
Would require detention of illegal immigrants charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer and make the offense a ground for deportation.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. Detention and deportation of criminal aliens.
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Equal Representation Act
Would add a citizenship question to the census and count only citizens when dividing House seats among the states.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. It stops illegal immigration from adding House seats and electoral votes to states with large non-citizen populations.
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Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 8036)
Provides about 8 billion dollars to arm Taiwan and other Pacific allies and to build up US submarine production.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It is the main vote on helping Taiwan deter China.
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Greene amendment to H.R. 8035: cut all Ukraine aid in the bill to zero
Amendment to the 2024 Ukraine aid bill that would have reduced every dollar amount in it to zero.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to give Ukraine nothing.
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Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 8035)
Provides about 61 billion dollars in military and economic aid for Ukraine and to restock US weapons.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It is the defining vote on whether to keep arming Ukraine against Putin.
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Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 8034)
Provides about 26 billion dollars, mostly military aid for Israel including missile defense, plus humanitarian aid.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It is the main Israel military aid vote of the war.
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Condemning Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel (H.Res. 1143)
Condemns the April 2024 Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel and backs Israel's right to defend itself.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. It stands against the regime's direct attack on a US ally.
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Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act (H.R. 6046)
Requires the Houthis, the Iran-backed force in Yemen, to be listed as a foreign terrorist organization and sanctioned.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It puts maximum pressure on one of the regime's main proxy forces.
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Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (H.R. 4691)
Lets Congress review and block any move by a president to lift or waive sanctions on Iran.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It makes it harder for any administration to give the regime sanctions relief.
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Rescinding Iran sanctions waivers (H.R. 5947)
Cancels the waivers that let Iran reach about 6 billion dollars held abroad and bars new waivers of that kind.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. It undoes sanctions relief given to the regime.
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Condemning the slogan 'from the river to the sea' (H.Res. 883)
Says the slogan 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic and calls for the destruction of Israel, and condemns its use.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It rejects a slogan that calls for Israel to be wiped out.
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No U.S. Financing for Iran Act (H.R. 5921)
Bars the Treasury from licensing US financial dealings tied to trade with Iran, apart from humanitarian goods, and tells US representatives to oppose IMF help for Iran.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. It cuts the regime off from US finance and international bailouts.
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Laken Riley Act (H.R. 7511, 118th)
Would require detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft or burglary and let states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement failures.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. Mandatory detention of criminal aliens is core enforcement.
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Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 7217)
A stand-alone bill giving Israel about 17.6 billion dollars in emergency military aid. It needed two thirds of the House and fell short.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. It was a clean vote on military aid to Israel.
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No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act
Made anyone who took part in or helped the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, and members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, barred from entering the US or getting immigration benefits.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. The task brief lists visa and deportation bills aimed at Hamas supporters under this measure.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, final version (H.R. 2670)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2024.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Conference Report. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act (H.R. 5961)
Freezes the roughly 6 billion dollars of Iranian money that was moved to Qatar under the 2023 prisoner deal by sanctioning any bank that helps Iran use it.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It keeps money out of the regime's hands and reverses a sanctions-relief deal.
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Censure of Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Censured Rep. Rashida Tlaib for promoting false accounts of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and for defending the slogan 'from the river to the sea'.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. The task brief lists this vote under stopping the Islamization of the West.
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Condemning support for Hamas and Hezbollah on college campuses
Condemned support for Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups at US colleges and universities.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended. It targets open support for jihadist groups inside Western institutions, not ordinary speech.
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A nuclear Islamic Republic is not acceptable (H.Res. 559)
Declares it US policy that a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable, that all necessary means should be used to stop it, and that allies including Israel are free to act to prevent it.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It commits the United States to stopping the regime's nuclear program by any means.
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Standing with Israel after the 7 October attack (H.Res. 771)
Stands with Israel as it defends itself against the war launched by Hamas, condemns Iran's support for terrorist groups, and backs US security assistance to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It backs Israel's right to defend itself after 7 October.
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Tenney amendment to H.R. 4665: keep the US Embassy in Jerusalem
Amendment to the 2024 State Department spending bill that bars any money from being used to move the US Embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. It protects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Ogles amendment to H.R. 4665: no funds to take the IRGC off the terrorist list
Amendment to the 2024 State Department spending bill that bars any money from being used to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. It locks in the terrorist designation of the regime's main armed force.
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Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 5692)
Provides 300 million dollars for training and equipping Ukraine's military and sets up a special inspector general for Ukraine aid.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It was a stand-alone vote on continuing military help for Ukraine.
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MAHSA Act (H.R. 589)
Requires the President to decide whether to sanction the Supreme Leader, the President of Iran and their offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. It punishes the regime's top leaders for what they do to the Iranian people.
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Condemning the persecution of Iran's Baha'i minority (H.Res. 492)
Condemns the Iranian government's state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i religious minority and calls for sanctions on the officials responsible.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It stands with Iranians persecuted by the regime for their beliefs.
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Sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel (H.Con.Res. 57)
States that Israel is not a racist or apartheid state, rejects antisemitism, and says the United States will always be a staunch partner of Israel.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It rejects the apartheid smear against Israel.
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Gaetz amendment to the 2024 defense bill: no security assistance for Ukraine
Amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would have banned all security assistance for Ukraine.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to abandon Ukraine.
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Roy amendment barring race-based concepts in Defense Department schools
An amendment to the 2024 defense bill that bars Defense Department schools from promoting ideas such as that any race is inherently superior or that the United States is fundamentally racist.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A yes vote opposed teaching critical race theory concepts in military schools.
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Norman amendment to eliminate DEI offices at the Defense Department
An amendment to the 2024 defense bill that eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion offices and their staff in the armed forces and the Defense Department. It passed 214 to 213.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A yes vote opposed DEI bureaucracy in the military.
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Gaetz amendment barring federal funds for DEI training (2024 defense bill)
An amendment to the 2024 defense bill that would have barred federal funds for training on diversity, equity and inclusion. It failed 210 to 221.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A yes vote opposed DEI training paid for by taxpayers.
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REINS Act (H.R. 277)
Requires Congress to approve any major federal regulation, meaning one with an annual economic effect of 100 million dollars or more, before it can take effect.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote backed the main deregulation bill named in this measure.
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Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act (H.R. 1615)
Bars the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to ban gas stoves or to issue rules that would sharply raise their price.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed a federal ban on a common household product.
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Disapproving the student loan cancellation plan (H.J.Res. 45)
Overturns the Education Department action that would have cancelled up to 20,000 dollars of student debt per borrower and ends the repayment pause.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed a new debt cancellation program costing about 400 billion dollars.
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Supporting local police and condemning efforts to defund them (H.Con.Res. 40)
A resolution that expresses support for local law enforcement officers and condemns calls to defund or dismantle police departments.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. A yes vote opposed the defund the police movement.
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Secure the Border Act of 2023
Would restart border wall construction, tighten asylum rules, end catch-and-release, restore Remain in Mexico and require E-Verify.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. The main House border enforcement bill of the 118th Congress.
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Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 734)
Makes it a Title IX violation for federally funded schools to let biological males compete in women's and girls' sports.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote backed keeping women's sports for biological women.
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Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1)
A package to expand oil, gas and mineral production, speed up permitting and repeal several energy fees and restrictions.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote backed more domestic energy production and less permitting red tape.
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Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5)
Requires schools to show parents the curriculum, reading lists and budgets, and gives parents a say before a school changes a child's gender marker, pronouns or name.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote backed parents' rights over what schools teach and do.
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Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140)
Bars federal employees from using their office to push online platforms to remove or suppress lawful speech.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed government pressure on platforms to censor lawful speech.
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Syria withdrawal resolution (H.Con.Res. 21)
Directs the President to remove all US armed forces from Syria within 180 days.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. A vote for it is a vote for US retreat from the region.
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Disapproving the Labor Department ESG investing rule (H.J.Res. 30)
Overturns a Labor Department rule that let retirement plan managers weigh environmental, social and governance factors when choosing investments.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed a federal rule that opened retirement savings to ESG investing.
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Disapproving DC's non-citizen voting law
Would block a District of Columbia law that lets non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, vote in local elections.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. Voting yes opposes giving the vote to non-citizens.
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Disapproving the DC Revised Criminal Code Act (H.J.Res. 26)
Blocks a DC law that would have lowered maximum penalties for crimes such as carjacking and robbery.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. A yes vote opposed a soft on crime rewrite of the capital's criminal code.
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Removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past statements about Israel and Jews.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. The task brief lists this vote under stopping the Islamization of the West.
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Denouncing the horrors of socialism (H.Con.Res. 9)
A resolution that condemns socialism in all its forms and opposes socialist policies in the United States.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Resolution. A yes vote matches the measure's stand against socialism.
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Commending the bravery of the Iranian protesters (H.Con.Res. 7)
Commends the women and men of Iran protesting in more than 133 cities after the death of Mahsa Amini and condemns the regime's violent crackdown.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Resolution, as Amended. It puts Congress on the side of the Iranian people against the regime.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, final version (H.Res. 1512, H.R. 7776)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2023.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (final House vote)
A reconciliation package of climate and energy subsidies, new corporate taxes, drug price negotiation in Medicare and 80 billion dollars of new IRS funding. This was the final House vote.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment. A no vote opposed new taxes, subsidies and federal price setting.
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Supporting Finland and Sweden joining NATO (H.Res. 1130)
Supports the decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join NATO and calls on members to ratify quickly.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended. It backs a stronger NATO against Russia.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, House passage (H.R. 7900)
The yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2023.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It funds and equips the US military.
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Lee amendment to the 2023 defense bill: cut the defense budget by 100 billion dollars
Amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that would have cut the defense budget by 100 billion dollars, leaving out pay and health care.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to shrink the US military.
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Lee amendment to the 2023 defense bill: remove the 37 billion dollar increase
Amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that would have removed the 37 billion dollar increase added in committee and returned to the President's request.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote against a bigger defense budget.
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Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act (H.R. 2543 package)
Directs the Federal Reserve to work to close racial gaps in jobs, wages and wealth, and adds diversity reporting and hiring requirements across financial regulators and firms.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A no vote opposed diversity and equity mandates on the central bank and financial firms.
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Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act
Would have let the President declare an energy emergency and made it unlawful to sell fuel at a price judged to be unconscionably excessive.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A no vote opposed a federal price control on fuel.
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Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 7691)
Provides about 40 billion dollars in military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It is the main early vote on arming Ukraine against Putin.
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Stop Iranian Drones Act (H.R. 6089)
Makes clear that US sanctions law covers anyone who supplies, sells or transfers combat drones to or from Iran.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. It tightens sanctions on the regime's drone program.
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Combating International Islamophobia Act
Would create a State Department office and special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia worldwide. Sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. Voting no rejects a government office that would treat criticism of Islam as a form of bigotry to be policed.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, final version (S. 1605)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2022.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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Build Back Better Act
A roughly 2 trillion dollar package of new social programs, climate spending and tax increases. It passed the House but never passed the Senate.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A no vote opposed a large package of new entitlement programs and tax increases.
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Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 5323)
Provides 1 billion dollars to restock Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system after the May 2021 rocket attacks from Gaza.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. It funds the shield that protects Israeli civilians from rockets.
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Ocasio-Cortez amendment to the 2022 defense bill: cut the defense budget by 10 percent
Amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would have cut the overall defense budget by 10 percent, leaving out pay and health care.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to shrink the US military.
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Jacobs amendment to the 2022 defense bill: remove the defense budget increase
Amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would have cut defense spending back to the level the President requested, removing the increase added in committee.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Agreeing to the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote against a bigger defense budget.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, House passage (H.R. 4350)
The yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2022.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
House vote · On Passage. It funds and equips the US military.
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ESG Disclosure Simplification Act (Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act)
Would have required public companies to report environmental, social and governance metrics, climate risk, political spending and other items to the SEC.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A no vote opposed a federal ESG reporting mandate on companies.
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NO BAN Act
Would limit the president's power to suspend entry of foreign nationals and bar religion-based entry restrictions, written in response to the 2017 travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. Voting no keeps the president's power to restrict entry from high-risk Islamic countries.
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American Dream and Promise Act of 2021
Would give a path to legal status and citizenship to people brought to the US illegally as children and to people with temporary protected status.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A large legalization of people who entered or stayed illegally, which the measure counts as amnesty.
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (final House vote)
A 1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief and spending package passed through budget reconciliation. This was the final House vote that sent it to the President.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment. A no vote opposed one of the largest spending packages of the period.
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Equality Act (H.R. 5)
Adds sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights law across employment, housing, education and public spaces, and limits religious liberty defenses.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- Slotkin
- Voted Yea
- Result
- Against liberty
House vote · On Passage. A no vote opposed writing gender identity into federal civil rights law, as named in this measure.
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