Indy Congressional Tracker: After mass shooting, Nevada delegation spends week away from Washington
The killing of 58 concert-goers and injuries to nearly 500 others in Las Vegas on Sunday kept Nevada’s congressional delegation close to home and away from action in Washington D.C. this week.
Five of the state’s six congressional representatives didn’t cast a single floor vote this week, spending most of the last five days hunkered in Las Vegas giving and receiving updates on the aftermath of the shooting, attending vigils, speaking with victims and first responders and promoting causes from blood donation to greater gun control efforts.
Only Republican Congressman Mark Amodei — who represents a district in Northern Nevada — cast any floor votes this week, but he skipped several votes on Wednesday during a trip to Las Vegas with Sen. Dean Heller and President Donald Trump aboard Air Force 1. Amodei was around to cast votes in favor of a measure that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy as well as a sweeping $4.1 trillion budget plan.
All four Democrats in the delegation also co-sponsored bills that would prohibit the sale or use of “bump stocks,” a firearm stock replacement that allows semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly and were used by mass murderer Stephen Paddock during the shooting. Amodei and fellow Republican Heller have said they’re open to discussing a potential ban of the devices, and Heller sent a letter Friday to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms asking federal regulators to revisit regulations on the device.
Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen also signed onto two bills that would appropriate money to study firearm safety or gun violence prevention and another raising penalties on trafficking firearms, while fellow Democratic Rep. Dina Titus lended her name to a measure creating a special House committee to study gun violence.
Check out The Nevada Independent’s congressional vote tracker and other information below to see what measures our state’s delegates threw their support behind this week.
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO
Legislation co-sponsored:
- S. 1301 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017
- S. 1182 - The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- S. 1827 - KIDS Act of 2017
- S. 1916 - A bill to prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
JACKY ROSEN:
Legislation co-sponsored:
- H.R. 3488 - Reducing the Demand for Human Trafficking Act of 2017
- H.Res. 142 - Expressing support for designation of the week of October 29 through November 4, 2017, as "National Obesity Care Week".
- H.R. 233 - Safe Freight Act of 2017
- H.R. 3947 - To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1475 - Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2017
- H.R. 1832 - To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
RUBEN KIHUEN
Legislation co-sponsored:
- H.R. 2908 - Climate Change National Security Strategy Act of 2017
- H.R. 2318 - Military Spouse Hiring Act
- H.R. 3947 - To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3978 - To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3980 - To establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 560 - Encouraging observance of National Wildlife Refuge Week with appropriate events and activities, and for other purposes.
DINA TITUS
Legislation co-sponsored:
- H.R. 2625 - Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017
- H.R. 3947 - To prohibit the possession or transfer of certain firearm accessories, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 367 - Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.
MARK AMODEI
Legislation co-sponsored: