Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 24, 2026

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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted January 24, 2026
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No New Laws This Week

by Amy West GovTrack.us, Jan. 24, 2026

The House held several votes this week, but none of the bills voted on have been to the Senate yet, so none are law yet. The Senate was out this past week. There were two procedurally interesting votes noted below.

Votes

H.R. 5764: AI for Main Street Act, which would require small business development centers to assist small business concerns with the use of artificial intelligence, passed 395-14.

H.R. 6359: Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, which would require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, students who intend to carry the pregnancy to term, passed 217-211. As predicted in our preview, it got only a single Democratic vote from Rep. Cuellar (D-TX28), the only Democratic representative who is publicly anti-abortion.

H.R. 6945: Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, which would allow states to use Social Security grant funds for pregnancy centers. These organizations are also known as crisis pregnancy centers and are explicitly anti-abortion. It passed 215-209; again with a vote in favor from Rep. Cuellar.

H.J.Res. 140: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN passed 214-208.

H.Con.Res. 68: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress failed because it tied 215-215 and needed one more vote in favor to pass.

H.R. 7147: Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, which covered appropriations for the portions of the Department of Homeland Security that include Border Patrol and ICE, passed 220-207. Seven Democrats who typically vote with Republicans on anything related to immigration also did so here. The outcome would likely have been the same even if the Democrats had not voted in favor because as many of the four Republicans as possible, including Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX38), would have been brought to Washington, D.C. to vote to ensure passage. In fact, as we noted this time last week, Hunt says he'll be there to vote when needed. We'll also note again that we think Hunt should be doing the job he currently has as a matter of course and not as an occasional sideline while he's running for the Senate.

H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which covers the rest of the unpassed appropriations for fiscal year 2026 , passed 341-88.

H.Amdt. 154 (Foxx) to H.Res. 1014: An amendment to repeal section 213 of title II of Division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, passed 427-0. It's a bit hard to tell from looking at the bare legislation, but this amendment stripped a provision added to the current continuing appropriations bill passed to end the shutdown last year and allowed a small number of Senators to sue for having had their phones seized in January 6 investigations. We discussed it in a post then. How the House procedure worked this week was like this: the amendment was actually to the rule setting the parameters of debate on the appropriations bill. By agreeing to the rule, the House also agreed to attach this amendment to the bill. Thus, when H.R. 7148 (the item above) passed, this amendment was attached.

This coming week the Senate is back in session while the House is out. You can reasonably expect that the Senate will vote on H.R. 7147 and 7148, the appropriations bills. They may vote on others passed this week, but the focus will be on avoiding another (even partial) shutdown as the current continuing appropriations run out Friday, January 30th.

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Weekly Updates

Jan. 20, 2026, 6:54 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 5763: Main Street Parity Act

Passed 383/8

Rep. Case [D-HI1]: Yea

Rep. Tokuda [D-HI2]: Yea

Trackers: Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI2], Roll Call Votes.

Jan. 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 5764: AI for Main Street Act

Passed 395/14

Rep. Case [D-HI1]: Yea