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WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

The inability of Congress to renew the primary U.S. program for combating AIDS across the world sends a message that America is “backing down from our leadership in ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Monday. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was not included in legislation…

Heres a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

The House approved funding for military programs, Homeland Security and more.

On Sept. 30, 2023, with a few hours to go before midnight, the House passed a bipartisan bill to fund the government for 45 days.

Votes cast by area members of Congress Sept. 22-28.

If the U.S. doesn’t quickly renew agreements with Pacific nations allowing us to set up defenses there, national security will be threatened.

Pro-life groups are praising the U.S. House of Representatives for ensuring that a program designed to provide AIDS relief overseas is not used to send taxpayer dollars to organizations that promote abortion. 

Ukraine funding emerged as a major redline for some conservative lawmakers such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who threatened GOP leadership that she would vote against spending legislation if it included aid for the wartorn country.

The State Department and foreign operations legislation passed in a 216-212 vote, with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) voting against the bill – the only Republicans to do so.