Welcome to August and to the #Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending 08/01/21.

We’re here to help you keep an eye on what our MoCs are saying🗣 and how they are voting🗳.
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#MoCTrack 1/25
@IndivisiblePHL @IndivisibleLNH @pa_indivisible @IndivisibleBUX @TuesdaysToomey @indivisibleccpa @indiwhitpain @IndivisibleHCAN @fridays_fire @indivisiblefohi The #Pennsylvania #Indivisible Legislative Scorecard shows you how our MoCs vote re: the Indivisible principles of
1⃣equality
2⃣justice
3⃣compassion
4⃣inclusion
See how YOUR MoCs are doing and how they got these scores here.⬇️
#MoCTrack 2/25
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I know we’re supposed to be excited about the #Infrastructure agreement in the Senate, but I can’t help but think the #GOP succeeded in delaying and slicing it down to the bone.

This @NYTimes infographic tells the story.
#MoCTrack 3/25
learn more ➡️bit.ly/3firsGG
It *is* exciting that both houses passed an emergency funding bill for the #CapitolPolice before they had to resort to furloughs.

All #Pennsylvania lawmakers voted YES on this package.
#MoCTrack 4/25
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In unexpected news, the House has dealt with about 75% of their 2022 funding duties before leaving for their #AugustRecess.

The legislative branch funding package included this raise for congressional staff that @AOC & others advocated for!
#MoCTrack 5/25
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The appropriations bill that deals with foreign operations and organizations like @USAID passed the House in a 217-212 vote.

Check out this @ApproprsDems statement about the package, with a quote from Chair @RosaDeLauro.
#MoCTrack 6/25
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And the “minibus” bill passed as well - it’s a compilation of seven smaller appropriations bills for 2022.

The big news here is re: #abortion. The restrictive #HydeAmendment language was left out of the bill for the 1st time in decades!
#MoCTrack 7/25
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Now we get to the #GOP petty 💩 portion.

Leader #KevinMcCarthy tried and FAILED (tabled = killed) to get @SpeakerPelosi condemned over refusing his #January6selectCommitteemember choices.

Every #PA Republican backed this stupid move.
#MoCTrack 8/25
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Also in the #GOP petty 💩 section (part 2), the Republicans wasted time taking three different motion to adjourn votes because their members are crybabies who can’t handle wearing #masks.
😷😷😷
#MoCTrack 9/25
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Confirmation time.

The @SenateDems had to call another motion to discharge, to get @BLMNational’s Tracy Stone-Manning out of committee.

This was after a confirmation hearing that was so nasty it sparked this op-ed in @TheHill.
#MoCTrack 10/25
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Todd Kim received a confirmation vote of 58-41 and will be leading the @TheJusticeDept's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
#MoCTrack 11/25
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As of this week there are now two pro-#Labor #UnionStrong attorneys who have been confirmed to the National Labor Relations Board!

And by the end of the summer we should (finally) have a #Democratic majority on the NLRB!
#MoCTrack 12/25
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We have a new Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at t @DHSgov.

Ur Mendoza Jaddou is the daughter of immigrants from #Mexico & #Iraq, and she has decades of #immigration policy experience.
#MoCTrack 13/25
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The House passed a pair bills via suspension of the rules this week - and about a dozen more unanimously!

You can read short recaps of those bills, and get links to more info, here.⬇️⬇️
#MoCTrack 14/25
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Many of our #Pennsylvania lawmakers from both parties had things to say about #infrastructure this week!

We’ve collected them all in one place for your review.⬇️⬇️
#MoCTrack 15/25
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Let’s move onto Tweets of the Week!

This mini-thread from #PA02’s @CongBoyle is a wonderful look back at the 56th anniversary of #Medicare and #Medicaid.
#MoCTrack 16/25
We don’t know whether to be grumpy at or jealous of #PA06’s @RepHoulahan for this excellent coverage of “bipartisan bills you’ve never heard of.”

Definitely read the whole thread!!
#MoCTrack 17/25
This tweet and the accompanying article from #PA03’s @RepDwightEvans are a must read!

#LawEnforcement and communities communicating and lowering homicides is the kind of story we need. Well done, Chester!
#MoCTrack 18/25
But the tweet of the week goes to #PA07’s @RepSusanWild.

The picture pretty much speaks for itself, right?
#MoCTrack 19/25
Worst tweet of the week goes to frequent winner (loser, really) #PA12’s @RepFredKeller.

This kind of #antimask stupidity and faked ignorance of scientific process is dangerous and will cost lives.
#MaskUpPA😷
#MoCTrack 20/25
Each week contributor @Houk_Linda sorts thru the traditional media coverage of our senators for us.

This week she found us a 2⃣-fer! This piece from @ButlerRadio has quotes from both @SenToomey and @SenBobCasey on #infrastructure.
#MoCTrack 21/25
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Let's play a GAME!

We’re betting you can guess which #Pennsylvania senator said each, but let’s make a game out of it (a really easy one).

Reply with your guess - one was said by @SenBobCasey, the other by @SenToomey.
#MoCTrack 22/25
And for our call to action this week, we’re still pushing #VotingRights!

Please check out the content from the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition, and tell your senators #RecessCanWait, but #VotingRights CAN’T!!
#MoCTrack 23/25
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And keep contacting @SenToomey to let him know you want him to vote to #EndTheFilibuster and pass the #ForThePeopleAct.

(Yes, you are going to see this every week until we have a solution to the issue of the #GOP pushing #VoterSuppression bills.)
#MoCTrack 24/25
Thanks for reading #MoCTrack! And HUGE thanks to our partners at @DemCastUSA & @PA_Indivisible for help with distribution and hosting.

Remember, these 20 #Pennsylvania MoCs work for you, so keep track of what they are doing in your name!

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More from @BucksCoKierstyn

30 Jul
Let me clarify some stuff from earlier today.
We can draw some straight lines between...
1⃣ this @nytimes article
⬇️
2⃣the Deputy Acting AG Donoghue's notes
⬇️
3⃣ the #complicit actions of certain #Republican #Pennsylvania lawmakers

1/?

nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/…
@nytimes First, let's look at those notes from Acting Deputy AG Donoghue.

Folks have been asking who and what he's talking about. I think that this section is about #PA10's @RepScottPerry and #Pennsylvania state lawmaker @SenMastriano.

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@nytimes @RepScottPerry @SenMastriano More interesting is this ADAG Donoghue note about "205K votes - more than xxx xxx voters - PA"

Part is illegible, but he's talking about a debunked theory that there were more votes placed in #Pennsylvania than there were registered voters. Again, this has been debunked.

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24 Jul 20
One year ago today, @RepBrianFitz of PA01 voted NO on a bill that would have provided safe and humane conditions for detainees, including children.

Brian Fitzpatrick voted to keep #KidsInCages.

#NeverAgainIsNow
#DontLookAway
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#PA01’s @RepBrianFitz voted NO to making sure people in US custody have “soap, a toothbrush, toothpaste, adult diapers, and feminine hygiene products.”

#KidsInCages
#NeverAgainIsNow
#DontLookAway
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#PA01’s @RepBrianFitz voted NO to making sure that babies and mother had access to "a clean diaper changing facility, which includes proper waste disposal, a hand washing station, and unrestricted access to diapers."

#KidsInCages
#NeverAgainIsNow
#DontLookAway
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Read 7 tweets
24 Jun 20
GREAT statement, @BucksDems!
Joan Cullen needs to resign for her #Racist statements.

And @BucksGOP should be ASHAMED for defending Cullen, while calling out @MeehanCampaign's for similar offenses earlier this year.

They clearly value political expediency over #racialjustice.
It appears the @BucksGOP was only ready to call out #racism when it meant they were protecting favored son (or in this case favored brother and #nepotism beneficiary) @RepBrianFitz of #PA01 from a more contentious primary challenge.
/2
And now that they are faced with another #racism issue, @BucksGOP is ready to circle the wagons for another #nepotism beneficiary.

Joan Cullen, who defended people in blackface and rejects the concept of systematic racism, is related to @BucksGOP vice chair Joseph Cullen.
/3
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2 Apr 20
@immelza @RepBrianFitz @townhallproject I think we ALL (not just #PA01) need to have an open conversation about what #TownHall events are going to look like in a world where #SocialDistancing is a MUST.

#TownHalls are an integral part of representative #Democracy, and we must preserve their spirit.
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@immelza @RepBrianFitz @townhallproject @IndivisibleTeam @PA_Indivisible Part of this issue is finding some organization to moderate telephone #TownHall events.

We cannot leave the event management and moderation in the hands of our lawmakers, regardless of their party.
2/?
@immelza @RepBrianFitz @townhallproject @IndivisibleTeam @PA_Indivisible Having experiences any number of telephone #townhall events from multiple lawmakers, I will tell you that the best of them can be informative, candid, and revealing of a lawmaker's goals and priorities.
3/?
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23 Mar 20
Welcome to the Pennsylvania member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending March 22, 2020. We are doing things a bit differently this week. All of our content centers on the #COVID19 #coronavirus pandemic.
#MoCTrack 1/28
demcastusa.com/2020/03/22/pen…
First up, we have a recap of HR 6201, the #FamiliesFirst bill that was passed on Wednesday by the Senate and signed into law.
#MoCTrack 2/28
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If you have a chance, check out the #MoCTrack recap of the #FamiliesFirst action in the Senate. There were three attempts to amend the bill (1 good, 2 awful), and it is worth seeing ow our lawmakers voted on those efforts.
#MoCTrack 3/28
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Read 28 tweets
7 Mar 20
Hi #PA01!
Did you know that @RepBrianFitz moved into fancy new office space? @PA_Indivisible & @IndivisibleBUX decided to give him a welcome present.

The theme? We took a look at the folks our #GOP MoC has been spending time with.

HINT: he's NOT #bipartisan
#lyinBrian
Here's the full display at @RepBrianFitz's swanky new digs in #PA01.

But let's take a closer look at some of the #GOP folks who #LyinBrian spends his time with.
Oh look!
It's @RepBrianFitz of #PA01 with #Pennsylvania's least favorite Senator @SenToomey.

Fitz and #Patsy must get along because they are both #Trump enablers who turned a blind eye to impeachable offenses.
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