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

The House passed these measures by voice vote this week: the Expedited Appeals Review Act (H.R. 677), to establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Interior Department; the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act (H.R. 531); the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act (H.R. 2492), to authorize the Agriculture Department and Interior Department to permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands without conducting a timber sale; and a resolution (H. Res. 364), calling upon local communities to support organizations that provide resources and aid Gold Shield Families in their time of need.

House votes

LOCAL POLICE: The House has passed a resolution (H. Con. Res. 30), sponsored by Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., to express support for local police and other law enforcement officers. Ezell said: “It is time to make clear that we stand with the men and women of local law enforcement who protect each and every one of our communities with honor and courage.” The vote, on May 13, was 411 yeas to 1 nay.

YEAS: DeGette D-CO (1st), Crank R-CO (5th), Boebert R-CO (4th), Crow D-CO (6th), Neguse D-CO (2nd), Evans (CO) R-CO (8th), Hurd (CO) R-CO (3rd)

NOT VOTING: Pettersen D-CO (7th)

RENAMING NATIONAL PARK FEATURES >> The House has passed a bill (H.R. 249), sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., to rename two elements of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey after former Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., who died last August. A supporter, Rep. Nellie Pou, D-N.J., cited Pascrell’s work toward making the site a national park, and said that with the renamings, his “tireless advocacy will be rightfully remembered by generations of Patersonians.” The vote, on May 13, was 362 yeas to 50 nays, with 2 voting present.

YEAS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Evans, Hurd

NAYS: Crank, Boebert

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME SITE >> The House has passed the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act (H.R. 2215), sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., to alter the name of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Mass. Moulton said the alteration would “expand Salem Maritime’s capacity to share our region’s rich history with visitors from across Massachusetts and the country.” The vote, on May 14, was 382 yeas to 31 nays.

YEAS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Evans, Hurd

NAYS: Crank, Boebert

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

POLICE AND FIREARMS CONCEALED CARRY >> The House has passed the LEOSA Reform Act (H.R. 2243), sponsored by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., to allow active and former law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms on their person in various federal government facilities and other places open to the public. A bill supporter, Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, said it “improves public safety as our officers face increasingly greater dangers, and current restrictions hinder their ability to carry firearms and protect themselves and others.” An opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said: “This legislation not only supersedes the considered policy judgments of the states, but it threatens the safety and security of federal agencies by forcing them to allow concealed carry in many federal buildings.” The vote, on May 14, was 229 yeas to 193 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

ANTI-SEMITISM >> The House has passed a resolution (H. Res. 352), sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., calling on politicians and cultural and religious leaders to condemn and counter all acts of anti-Semitism. Wasserman Schultz said the resolution celebrated “the generations of Jewish Americans who are integral parts of the rich mosaic of people and the heritages that make up these great United States.” The vote, on May 14, was 421 yeas to 1 nay.

YEAS: DeGette, Crank, Boebert, Crow, Neguse, Evans, Hurd

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

GUN PURCHASES BY FEDERAL POLICE >> The House has passed the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act (H.R. 2255), sponsored by Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., to have the federal government create a program for allowing a federal law enforcement officer to purchase a retired firearm from the agency that issued the officer the weapon. Fry said: “By allowing officers to purchase their retired service weapons, this provides a starting point to keeping them safe so that they may protect their communities as well as themselves and their families.” A bill opponent, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., cited the lack of a background check requirement, and said selling the weapons at salvage value rather than fair market value would amount to a subsidy for the officers. The vote, on May 15, was 234 yeas to 182 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans, Hurd

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

ATTACKS ON POLICE >> The House has passed the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act (H.R. 2240), sponsored by Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C., to require the Justice Department to provide Congress with a report on targeted attacks on law enforcement officers and potential methods to prevent such attacks. Moore said the report “will empower agencies around the country with the information that they need to strengthen their responses and better protect their personnel.” The vote, on May 15, was 403 yeas to 11 nays.

YEAS: DeGette, Crank, Boebert, Crow, Neguse, Evans, Hurd

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

Senate votes

DIPLOMATIC CHIEF OF PROTOCOL >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Monica Crowley to be Chief of Protocol at the State Department. Crowley was a public affairs official at the Treasury Department during the first Trump administration, and has been a radio show host and an anchor on Fox television networks. The vote, on May 12, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.

NAYS: Bennet D-CO, Hickenlooper D-CO

LAW AND STATE DEPARTMENT >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Reed Rubinstein to be the State Department’s Legal Advisor. A lawyer in various roles in the first Trump administration, Rubinstein then joined the America First Legal Foundation. Before 2017, he was a private practice lawyer whose specialties included commercial and regulatory law. The vote, on May 13, was 52 yeas to 46 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

AIR FORCE SECRETARY >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Troy Meink to be Secretary of the Air Force. Meink has been an officer and engineer in the Air Force since 1988, including, over the past decade, time as Deputy Under Secretary for Space and at the National Reconnaissance Office. A supporter, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Meink “has the experience to lead the Air Force into the next frontier.” The vote, on May 13, was 74 yeas to 25 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of James Danly to be Deputy Secretary at the Energy Department. Danly was a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2020 to 2024, after a stint as its general counsel; he chaired FERC for the last three months of the first Trump administration. Previous to and after his time at FERC, he was a lawyer at the Skadden law firm in Washington, D.C. The vote, on May 13, was 52 yeas to 44 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Katharine MacGregor to be the Interior Department’s Deputy Secretary. MacGregor has been an environmental services executive at Florida Power & Light and NextEra Energy since May 2021, after being at Interior, including as Deputy Secretary, for the first Trump administration. She was a House aide from 2007 to 2017. The vote, on May 14, was 54 yeas to 40 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michael Rigas to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources at the State Department. Rigas was a banker and state and federal government official before serving in senior roles in personnel and management during the first Trump administration. Since 2021 he has been at the America First Policy Institute and had a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. The vote, on May 14, was 51 yeas to 46 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

MILITARY RESEARCH >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Emil Michael to be the Defense Department’s Under Secretary for Research and Engineering. Michael was a senior executive at Uber in the mid-2010s, a Defense Department aide from fall 2009 through 2010, and has more recently been a private investor. The vote, on May 14, was 54 yeas to 43 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

MANAGING GOVERNMENT >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Eric Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) agency. Ueland, currently Acting Chief of Staff at OMB, was a staffer in the first Trump administration, including several different roles at the State Department, following three decades spent primarily as a Senate Republican staffer. An opponent, Sen. Gary C. Peters, D-Mich., said that as Acting Chief of Staff Ueland has supported “the administration’s efforts to illegally withhold funding that Congress has passed into law.” The vote, on May 14, was 52 yeas to 45 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

EPA GENERAL COUNSEL >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sean Donahue to be General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Donahue was an advisor to the EPA administrator from 2018 to early 2021, then became a private practice lawyer, and for the past several months was again an advisor to the EPA administrator. An opponent, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., called Donahue unqualified, saying he “has never tried a case to verdict, never taken a deposition, never signed a pleading, never argued a motion. He has never personally litigated any case, let alone federal cases implicating our nation’s most important environmental office.” The vote, on May 15, was 51 yeas to 46 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

EL SALVADOR >> The Senate has rejected a motion to discharge from committee a resolution (S. Res. 195), sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would have required the State Department to provide Congress with a statement on El Salvador’s human rights practices and a description of steps taken by the federal government to encourage respect for human rights by El Salvador. Kaine said: “We should all want to know whether Americans detained in El Salvador have an opportunity to demonstrate that they are wrongfully imprisoned. The report will require that.” The vote, on May 15, was 45 yeas to 50 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper