VOTE EXPLANATION

On 2026-07-21, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "VOTE EXPLANATION" in the Senate.

VOTE EXPLANATION

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S4182] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] VOTE EXPLANATION Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted yes on rollcall vote No. 50, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted yes on rollcall vote No. 52, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 6644 as amended). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 54, On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 7147). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 59, On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 7147). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 60, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted yes on rollcall vote No. 61, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Schumer Motion to Suspend the Rules re: TSA Funding). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 62, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 168, On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anthony J. Powell, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 171, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin D. Smith to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted no on rollcall vote No. 189, On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arthur Roberts Jones to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas). I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted yes on rollcall vote No. 190, On the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 196). ____________________

Referenced legislation: SJRES196, SJRES196, S1383, HR6644, HR7147