Senate Vote on H.R. 6201

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Click on the C-SPAN site to view results of the Senate vote. Use site to answer the following questions.

Did the bill pass and what was the final vote in the Senate?

Did it pass?

Number of Yea Votes:

Number of Nay Votes:

Number not voting:

Sort the member votes by state. Find your state and write the names of your senators and how they voted.

Filter the member votes by votes.

Write the names of 2 Senators that voted Nay and 2 Senators that voted Yea (do not choose the Senators from your state).

List the 3 things Vice President Pence says citizens need to know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, President Trump signed into law.

USING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Each numbered column in the chart below represents a different district in the state of Maryland. Imagine that you have been recruited to run the re-election campaign of one of Maryland’s current senators. Answer the questions below to demonstrate how you can use demographic information in the chart below to help the senator make wise decisions on the campaign trail?

If you needed to gain votes in Districts 2, 3, and 4, which of the following issues would you stress: crime, health care, economy, education, family values, social security, gender equality, gun control, taxes, or civil rights? Why did you select those issues?

a. District 2

b. District 3

c. District 4

2. If you needed to raise money on your visits, which three districts would you visit? What information influenced your decision? What additional demographic information would have made your decision easier?

Current Bill Graphic Organizer   

Directions: Go to C-SPAN’s Congressional Chronicle Site or Congress.gov.  Find a bill that you would like to further research.  Use the information from the site on your bill to complete the questions in this organizer and then prepare a defense for how you would vote on this bill if you were a member of Congress to present to the class.

Questions

Your Answer

What is the number and name of the bill you chose to research?

Who was the Sponsor of the bill? Include their name, party, state they represent, and are they a senator or representative?

Did the bill start in the house or the senate?

What does your bill do?  Explain the purpose of your bill.

Where is your bill in the 7 Steps of how a bill becomes a law?

If it has not been signed into law, what is the next step for your bill.

If You Were a Member…

How would you vote on this bill? Prepare a detailed explanation of why you would or would not vote for the bill you researched to share with the class.

Your Explanation: