
Ro Khanna cast 12 House votes this week: four Yea and eight Nay, including votes on an El Centro federal-court location, mining permits, trade preferences, and higher-education funding rules.
| Group | Votes with the clearest connection | Reading the week |
|---|---|---|
| Tech workers | H.R. 1501; H.R. 4795 | H.R. 1501 could affect the permitting path for domestic mining and mineral processing, which may matter to technology supply chains. H.R. 4795 could affect federally supported colleges that adopt the covered Israel boycott; neither measure creates a direct employment rule for tech workers. 23 |
| Immigrants | S. 32; H.Res. 1490 | S. 32 adds El Centro as a place where the Southern District of California may hold court. H.Res. 1490 calls for election-related action, but it creates no immigration benefit, enforcement rule, or voting eligibility rule. 45 |
| Healthcare recipients | None | None of the 12 votes changed a health program, coverage rule, drug policy, or healthcare benefit. |
| California voters | S. 32; H.R. 1501; H.R. 4795 | S. 32 makes El Centro an authorized court location in the Southern District of California. The mining and higher-education bills apply nationally; their practical California effects depend on future projects and institutional choices. 234 |
| AI founders | H.R. 1501; H.R. 4795 | H.R. 1501 may matter indirectly where an AI company depends on domestic mineral supply chains. H.R. 4795 may matter indirectly through university research partners. Neither measure contains an AI rule, startup-finance provision, or federal AI procurement change. 23 |
| Date | Measure and House question | Khanna | Result | What the vote covered | House-stage status and rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | S. 307, Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act — suspend rules and pass | Yea | Passed 376–8 | DOJ and the Bureau of Prisons would set and implement standards addressing sexual harassment and assault by incarcerated people against BOP staff. 6 | Passed House; the Senate had already passed it. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 7 |
| Aug. 31 | S. 32, Local Access to Courts Act — suspend rules and pass | Yea | Passed 378–10 | Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, as locations where specified federal district courts may hold court. 4 | Passed House; the Senate had already passed it. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 8 |
| Sep. 1 | H.R. 6500, AGOA Extension Act — concur in Senate amendments | Yea | Passed 370–48 | Extends African Growth and Opportunity Act trade preferences through Dec. 31, 2028, applies certain preferences retroactively, and extends specified customs-user-fee dates. 9 | The House agreed to the Senate amendments. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 10 |
| Sep. 1 | H.Res. 1499 — order the previous question | Nay | Passed 212–205 | A procedural vote on the rule governing floor consideration of H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, H.Res. 1490, H.R. 4795, and debate on H.J.Res. 1. 11 | Passed; it moved the rule toward adoption. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 12 |
| Sep. 1 | H.Res. 1499 — agree to the rule | Nay | Passed 210–208 | The adopted rule waived points of order, set debate terms, and permitted one motion to recommit for the listed measures. 11 | Agreed to in the House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 13 |
| Sep. 1 | H.Res. 1490 — condemn and denounce socialism | Nay | Passed 220–192, 2 Present | The resolution condemns socialism, calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act, states that elections are for American citizens only, and reaffirms the Constitution. 5 | Agreed to in the House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 14 |
| Sep. 1 | H.R. 9436, Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act — motion to recommit | Yea | Failed 202–212 | A procedural motion that would have sent the bill back before final passage. 15 | Failed; the House then voted on passage. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 15 |
| Sep. 1 | H.R. 9436, Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026 — passage | Nay | Passed 219–196 | Delays from 2028 to 2035 a deadline for new fishery-gear rules protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale from entanglement. 16 | Passed House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 17 |
| Sep. 1 | H.Res. 1498 — censure Rep. Chuck Edwards | Yea | Passed 413–2 | Adopts the Ethics Committee’s July 22 report and censures Edwards, including a public reading of the censure. 18 | Agreed to in the House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 19 |
| Sep. 2 | H.J.Res. 1 — suspend rules and pass | Nay | Failed 212–206 | Would propose a constitutional amendment requiring a nine-member Supreme Court: one chief justice and eight associates. 20 | Failed to reach the two-thirds vote required under this procedure. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 21 |
| Sep. 2 | H.R. 1501, Protecting Domestic Mining Act — passage | Nay | Passed 218–201 | Adds mining and mineral processing to projects eligible for FAST Act coverage and bars the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from enforcing the identified proposed mining-scope rule. 2 | Passed House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 22 |
| Sep. 3 | H.R. 4795, Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026 — passage | Nay | Passed 237–169 | Bars participating colleges from a covered commercial boycott of Israel and adds Title VI certification conditions involving academic programs in Israel. 3 | Passed House. Khanna rationale: no vote-specific public statement located. 23 |
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