Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia's U.S. lawmakers voted (September 8th-12th)
Good morning! Here’s how Cascadia’s Members of Congress voted on major issues during the legislative week ending September 12th, 2025.
In the United States House of Representatives
2026 MILITARY BUDGET: The House on September 10th passed the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 3838), sponsored by Representative Mike D. Rogers, R‑Alabama, to authorize about $880 billion of fiscal 2026 spending at the Defense Department, as well as spending on military construction and military-related programs at the Energy Department. Rogers said the bill “delivers for our warfighters and deters our adversaries. It will fundamentally reform the defense acquisition enterprise. It will continue historic improvements in the quality of life for our servicemembers and their families.”
An opponent, Representative Adam Smith, D‑Washington, said that by blocking consideration of Democratic proposed amendments to the bill, House leadership had created “a partisan exercise instead of an exercise focused on the American servicemembers, their families, and making sure that our country has what it needs.”
The vote was 231 yeas to 196 nays.
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