Mary Sattler Peltola
Former representative, Alaska
Mary Sattler Peltola gets a C-
Score: 71 out of 100, the average of 10 measures. On 34 of 48 votes and bills, Peltola was on the liberty side.
A on Iran: the regime, Iran: the people, Allies and Military. F on Borders, Capitalism, Free speech and Anti-woke. Every measure weighs the same.
Peltola left Congress in 2025. The grade is from the votes Peltola cast from 2021 until then.
Peltola is running for the Alaska Senate seat on November 3, 2026, against Dan S. Sullivan (R), Gerald Heikes (R) and Dan J. Sullivan (R).
See the race, side by side- AIran: the regime7 of 7 with liberty
- AIran: the people2 of 2 with liberty
- B-Israel7 of 9 with liberty
- AAllies5 of 5 with liberty
- AMilitary3 of 3 with liberty
- FBorders3 of 6 with liberty
- –Islamic migration0 of 1, too few to count
- AIslamization2 of 2 with liberty
- –Secularism1 of 1, too few to count
- FCapitalism3 of 7 with liberty
- FFree speech1 of 2 with liberty
- FAnti-woke0 of 3 with liberty
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58 votes and bills on the record.
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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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against 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
- Peltola
- Voted Nay
- Result
- Against 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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
- Peltola
- 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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