Affordable Housing Passage – Vote Passed (427-0, 6 Not Voting)
The measure makes changes to various housing laws to try to extend affordable housing options to more low-income families. The measure allows Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and the owners of private subsidized housing to verify the income-based eligibility of families through other needs-tested federal programs; changes requirements regarding the inspection of housing units and eases Federal Housing Authority (FHA) requirements for mortgage insurance for condominiums.
Rep. Lou Barletta voted YES
Health Care Repeal Reconciliation Presidential Veto Override – Vote Failed (241-186, 6 Not Voting)
The House voted to attempt to override President Barack Obamas veto of legislation that would have repealed or significantly modified numerous major provisions of the 2010 health care overhaul law. Two-thirds of those members present and voting yes were needed to override the veto.
Rep. Lou Barletta voted YES
Iran Sanctions Passage – Vote Passed (246-181, 6 Not Voting)
The bill restricts the president’s ability to lift sanctions on Iranian and other financial institutions as called for by the Iran Nuclear agreement, by allowing sanctions to be lifted only if the president certifies that the institutions have not knowingly helped fund Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, foreign terrorist organizations and other entities sanctioned in connection with Iran’s weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missile programs.
Rep. Lou Barletta voted YES
Reduce SEC Regulation of Small Companies Passage – Vote Passed (265-159, 9 Not Voting)
The bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct reviews of its existing regulations to determine whether any are outmoded, ineffective or excessively burdensome, and to modify or repeal rules based on those reviews.
Rep. Lou Barletta voted YES
Financial Institution Customer Protection Passage – Vote Passed (250-169, 14 Not Voting)
The legislation prohibits federal banking regulators from requesting that financial institutions terminate their relationships with specific customers or groups of customers unless the agency has a material reason for requesting that termination, and it modifies the 1989 Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act to restrict the conditions under which the Justice Department may conduct investigations involving financial institutions and seek civil penalties, including by limiting the department’s subpoena authority.
Rep. Lou Barletta voted YES
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