Congressional Delegation

We thought the media had turned the corner on the issue of how to handle the disappearance of Faleomavaega....

• Senate: Federal Reserve Chair Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: U.S. Court of Appeals Nomination – Cloture
• House: Solid Waste Disposal Regulations – Passage

...the first newsperson in Washington, D.C. to address the question of Eni Faleomavaega’s prolonged absence from the Nation’s Capital....

Faleomavaega got caught napping in 2007 and by the time he raced back to Washington in an effort to get us extricated, it was too late....

...at last local radio station 93KHJ-FM has published a breakthrough article today on its talanei.com website asking about the delegate’s health....

We had hoped our common sense prescriptions on how to handle questionable statements emanating from the office of Delegate Faleomavaega would have proved persuasive to Samoa News but apparently not....

The First Session of the 113th Congress has come to a close. The Senate will be back on January 6, 2014. The House will be back on January 7, 2014.

The House is in Recess until January....

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Patent Infringement Reform – Passage

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Executive and Judicial Nominations – Cloture
• House: Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting – Passage

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Employment Nondiscrimination – Passage

• Senate: Nomination of Patricia Ann Millett to US Court of Appeals – Cloture
• House: Veterans Disability Claims Backlog – Passage
• House: Swaps Regulations – Passage

With the Senate out all week, the House held its final vote on Wednesday....

Brian Schatz just sent around an insulting memo...arguing that the ideology of a single group of voters will trump the broad coalition of interests that has made Hawaii the warm, inclusive place we all love....

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations and Debt Limit Suspension – Passage
• House: Continuing Appropriations and Debt Limit Suspension – Motion to Concur

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Military Death Benefits – Continuing Resolution

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Debt Limit
• House: Debt Limit and Government Funding

• Senate: Continuing Appropriations Conference Request – Motion to Table
• House: Veterans Program Funds- Continuing Resolution
• House: Women’s and Children’s Nutrition Funds – Continuing Resolution

• Senate: Continuing Resolution
• House: Continuing Resolution – Medical Device Tax Repeal Amendment
• House: Continuing Resolution – Defunding of the Affordable Care Act Amendment

Recent Congressional Votes

• House: Mineral Development Bill
• House: Nutrition Assistance
• House: Continuing Resolution

Health Care Subsidy

Sherbow claimed he initially approached Gabbard because he was born into the same obscure Western-Hindu tradition as Tulsi....

A federal arrest warrant was issued after Sherbow sent an extensive email to FBI agents and the media....

Sherbow was arrested on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, in Tijuana, Mexico....

"...swift action on the center was necessary since the senate will store papers for no longer than six months from the time the office is closed...."

Hanabusa is the target of a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed Tuesday by Daniel Hempey....

...spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa stood by his comment....

Congress will be in recess until September 9, 2013....

• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates – Passage
• House: Defense Appropriations – NSA Phone Record Collection Amendment
• House: Defense Appropriations—Final Passage
• House: Coal Ash Regulations – Passage

• House: Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delay – Passage
• House: Individual Health Insurance Mandate Delay – Passage
• House: Education Law Overhaul – Passage

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Student Loan Interest Rates – Cloture
• House: Energy-Water Appropriations – Passage
• House: Farm Bill – Passage

• Senate: Pritzker Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Foxx Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Immigration Bill – Passage
• House: Offshore Drilling Bill – Passage

• Senate: Froman Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: U.S. Immigration Policy – Motion to Table Cornyn Amendment
• House: Abortion Ban – Passage
• House: Farm Bill – Passage

• Senate: Student Loan Rates Bill – Cloture
• Senate: Student Loan Rates Bill – Cloture
• House: FY2014 Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Appropriations – Passage
• House: FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations – Amendment Vote
• House: FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations – Passage

• Senate: Farm Bill – Amendment Vote
• House: Keystone Pipeline Approval – Final Passage
• House: Student Loan Interest Rate Reform – Final Passage

• Senate: Water Resources Development Act – Passage
• Senate: CMS Nominee – Confirmation
• Senate: Energy Department Nominee – Confirmation
• House: Obamacare Repeal – Passage
• House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis – Passage

• Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Final Passage
• Senate: Water Infrastructure Projects – Amendment Vote
• House: Private Sector Comp Time – Final Passage
• House: Debt Payment Prioritization – Final Passage

"She understands Hawaii’s role as...the multi-cultural model for a rapidly changing America."

• Senate: OMB Director – Confirmation
• Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Cloture Motion
• House: High-Risk Insurance Pools – Rule Vote
• House: FAA Furloughs – Suspension Vote
• House: Federal Helium Sales – Suspension Vote

• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Background Checks Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Republican Substitute Amendment
• Senate: Firearms Legislation – Straw Purchases Amendment
• House: Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing