Mike Johnson

Jul 21, 2026House vote #271 · 2026H.R. 6955

Yea

Pass the Main Street Act on banking regulation

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The Main Street Act changes federal banking rules, including rules on bank formation, regulatory oversight, mergers, capital requirements, and asset thresholds for certain requirements. The House voted to pass the bill. Passage in the House does not by itself make the bill law.

Context: The summary describes the version reported on April 20, 2026; the record does not establish whether the text changed before the vote.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #270 · 2026H.R. 6955

Nay

Recommit the Main Street Act on banking regulation

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The Main Street Act changes federal banking rules, including rules on bank formation, regulatory oversight, mergers, capital requirements, and asset thresholds for certain requirements. The House voted on a motion to recommit the bill, a procedural step to return it for further consideration. The motion failed; this vote did not decide the bill’s passage.

Context: The summary describes the version reported on April 20, 2026; the record does not establish whether the text changed before the vote.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #269 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 257Floor amendment 16

Aye

Reject military-family education-choice pilot program amendment

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The amendment would have let the Defense Secretary run a pilot providing financial assistance to active-duty service members for dependents’ education, including private, faith-based, and charter schools, homeschooling supplies, and other approved costs. It also set goals to assess demand and effects on military-family readiness, with authority ending after the 2030–2031 school year. The House rejected the amendment, 214–216; this vote decided only whether to add that provision to the defense bill, not whether the bill itself passed.

Context: The amendment text shown is the version read on the House floor on July 21, 2026; the vote concerns that amendment, not final enactment of its proposal or passage of the underlying bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #265 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 253Floor amendment 12

Aye

Set presumptive approval rules for firearms on defense facilities

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The amendment sets a process for Armed Forces members and Defense Department civilian employees assigned to specified U.S. defense facilities to request permission to carry firearms there. A designated commander may deny a request only for objective, clearly described, individualized reasons; the Defense Department must implement the process by December 31, 2027. The House agreed to the amendment by a 215–214 recorded vote. This vote adopted the amendment, not the full defense authorization bill.

Context: The supplied text is the amendment read on the floor; it does not establish the final enacted text or the final version of H.R. 8800.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #260 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 248Floor amendment 7

Aye

Allow federal easements for California’s Santa Ynez oil pipeline

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The amendment would authorize the Defense Department to acquire permanent easements along the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, including by condemnation, to keep crude oil flowing to California refineries that supply military installations. It would also provide for an operator license and limit state or local actions that could halt or substantially delay use of the easements. The House agreed to this amendment, 215–214; this vote was on the amendment, not final passage of the defense bill.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on the floor on July 21, 2026; the vote record does not establish the final text of the defense bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #254 · 2026H.Res. 1438

Aye

Set House consideration rules for five bills and a budget resolution

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The resolution set the terms for House consideration of bills on defense appropriations, Social Security disability insurance demonstrations, congressional stock trading, banking regulation, and temporary fiscal year 2027 funding, as well as a fiscal year 2027 budget resolution. The House agreed to the resolution. This vote established procedures for considering those measures; it did not pass them.

Context: Official House roll call held on July 21, 2026. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #253 · 2026H.Res. 1438

Yea

End debate on a rule for considering six House measures

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The resolution set rules for considering a defense authorization bill, a Social Security disability insurance proposal, a budget resolution, a congressional stock-trading restriction bill, banking legislation, and fiscal year 2027 continuing appropriations. The House voted on ordering the previous question, which determines whether to end debate on the rule and move toward a vote on it. The motion passed; this did not pass the rule or any of the underlying measures.

Context: The supplied summary identifies the measures covered by the rule but does not provide the rule’s detailed terms.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #252 · 2026H.R. 1118

Yea

GSA contracts may use best value instead of lowest cost

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The Value Over Cost Act allows General Services Administration multiple award schedule contracts and orders to be evaluated on “best value” rather than lowest overall cost when the agency determines that is in the federal government's best interests. Best value may account for non-cost factors as well as price. The House passed the bill, as amended; this vote decided passage, not merely whether to begin considering it.

Context: The supplied background describes the introduced version; the bill passed as amended, and the record does not specify the changes made.

Jul 20, 2026House vote #251 · 2026H.R. 8823

Yea

Pass the workers’ compensation fraud provider accountability bill

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The bill authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend federal workers’ compensation payments to certain providers convicted of fraud connected to federal workers’ compensation, similar state programs, or federal health care programs. This vote passed the bill under a procedure requiring a two-thirds vote, with amendments; it was a vote on the bill, not merely on whether to consider it. The recorded outcome was passage.

Context: The background summarizes the bill as introduced on May 14, 2026; the House passed amended text, so the introduced-version summary may not capture all changes.

Jul 20, 2026House vote #250 · 2026H.R. 4541

Yea

Pass the breast and cervical cancer early detection reauthorization bill

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The bill reauthorizes and revises CDC programs for breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and education. It extends the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program through fiscal year 2030, with changes including greater flexibility for states using grants, and extends young-women’s breast health and cancer programs through fiscal year 2031. This vote passed the bill under a procedure requiring a two-thirds vote, as amended.

Context: The background describes the version reported on July 13, 2026; the House passed amended text, which may differ from that version.

Jul 16, 2026House vote #249 · 2026H.R. 9237

Nay

Send the veterans benefits and health care bill back to committee

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The bill addresses veterans’ benefits, education, health care, counseling, Department of Veterans Affairs staffing and infrastructure, and the Veterans Community Care Program. This vote was on a motion to recommit—to send the bill back to committee—not on whether to pass the bill itself. The motion failed, so the bill was not sent back to committee by this vote.

Context: The supplied background summarizes the bill as introduced on June 10, 2026; it does not provide details about any instructions attached to the recommit motion.

Jul 16, 2026House vote #248 · 2026H.R. 5362

Yea

Name the Marietta VA clinic for Colonel Michael H. Boyce

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The bill would name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, the Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic. The House passed the bill under a procedure for considering and passing measures quickly; this vote approved the naming measure, rather than merely advancing it for later consideration.

Context: The supplied background describes the bill as introduced in September 2025; it does not establish whether the text was changed before passage.

Jul 15, 2026House vote #247 · 2026H.R. 8595

Yea

Pass 2027 State Department and national security appropriations

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The bill provides fiscal year 2027 appropriations for national security, the State Department, foreign assistance, and related programs and agencies, and sets requirements and restrictions on the use of funds. The House passed the bill; this was a vote to approve the appropriations measure, not simply to bring it forward for consideration.

Context: The background summarizes the version reported to the House on April 30, 2026; it may not reflect all changes in the text passed on July 15.

Jul 15, 2026House vote #246 · 2026H.R. 8595

Nay

Send the 2027 State Department appropriations bill back to committee

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The bill concerns fiscal year 2027 funding for national security, the State Department, foreign assistance, and related programs, with requirements and restrictions on the use of funds. The House rejected a motion to recommit, which would have sent the bill back to committee; this vote did not itself pass or defeat the appropriations bill.

Context: The background summarizes the version reported to the House on April 30, 2026; it may not reflect all changes in the text considered on July 15.

Jul 15, 2026House vote #244 · 2026H.R. 8595H.Amdt. 236Floor amendment 6

No

Block U.S. funds for Jordan and cut specified foreign assistance

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This amendment would have barred funds in the appropriations act from being used for Jordan and reduced eight specified accounts, including foreign military financing, global health, and refugee assistance, by a total of $2.1 billion. The House rejected the amendment, 6–421, so those restrictions and reductions were not added by this vote.

Context: The related bill summary describes the introduced FY2027 appropriations bill; the amendment text read on the floor is the specific text considered here.

Jul 15, 2026House vote #243 · 2026H.R. 8595H.Amdt. 235Floor amendment 5

No

Block Israel funding and cut military financing by $3.3 billion

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The amendment would have barred funds in the appropriations act from being spent or committed for Israel and reduced the Foreign Military Financing Program account by $3.3 billion. The House rejected the amendment, 104–314, with 10 members voting present. This vote decided only whether to add those restrictions and reduction to the bill; it did not decide whether to pass the bill.

Context: The related bill summary describes the introduced version of H.R. 8595, not necessarily the bill text as amended at this vote. The amendment’s text and stated purpose establish the changes considered here.

Jul 14, 2026House vote #240 · 2026H.R. 1181

Yea

House passes bill on payment-card codes for firearms retailers

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The bill would bar payment-card networks from using merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchandise or sporting-goods stores, and require Justice Department enforcement and annual reports. The House passed the bill; this vote did not itself make it law.

Context: The supplied policy summary describes the bill as introduced on February 11, 2025; the record does not establish whether the text passed was identical or had been amended.

Jul 14, 2026House vote #239 · 2026H.R. 1181

Nay

House rejects return of payment-card codes bill to committee

AI-assisted summary

The bill concerns payment-card networks’ use of merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchandise or sporting-goods stores. The House rejected a motion to recommit, which would have sent the proposal back to committee; this vote did not decide whether the bill itself passed.

Context: The supplied policy summary describes the bill as introduced on February 11, 2025; the record does not establish whether the text at this vote was identical or had been amended.

Jul 14, 2026House vote #238 · 2026H.R. 139

Yea

House passes bill making daylight saving time permanent

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The bill would make daylight saving time the new permanent standard time, while allowing states to choose standard time for areas exempt from daylight saving time. The House passed the bill; passage in the House is not, by itself, enactment into law.

Context: The supplied summary describes the bill as introduced on January 3, 2025; the record does not establish whether the text passed was identical or had been amended.

Jul 14, 2026House vote #237 · 2026H.Res. 1423

Aye

House approves consideration rules for four named bills

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The resolution set the terms for House consideration of bills on permanent daylight saving time; 2027 national security and State Department appropriations; veterans’ benefits and VA administration; and payment-card merchant codes for firearms retailers. The House approved the resolution, allowing the specified bills to be considered under its rules. This vote did not pass those bills or approve their policies.

Context: The resolution summary is dated July 13, 2026, and describes the bills covered; it does not provide the resolution’s detailed terms.

Mike Johnson

How they voted 527

Pass the Main Street Act on banking regulation

Recommit the Main Street Act on banking regulation

Reject military-family education-choice pilot program amendment

Set presumptive approval rules for firearms on defense facilities

Allow federal easements for California’s Santa Ynez oil pipeline

Set House consideration rules for five bills and a budget resolution

End debate on a rule for considering six House measures

GSA contracts may use best value instead of lowest cost

Pass the workers’ compensation fraud provider accountability bill

Pass the breast and cervical cancer early detection reauthorization bill

Send the veterans benefits and health care bill back to committee

Name the Marietta VA clinic for Colonel Michael H. Boyce

Pass 2027 State Department and national security appropriations

Send the 2027 State Department appropriations bill back to committee

Block U.S. funds for Jordan and cut specified foreign assistance

Block Israel funding and cut military financing by $3.3 billion

House passes bill on payment-card codes for firearms retailers

House rejects return of payment-card codes bill to committee

House passes bill making daylight saving time permanent

House approves consideration rules for four named bills