Recent events
2025-01-02
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Section 1145 of WRDA 2024 broke a 12-year stalemate on Florida beach renourishment by directing the Army Corps to accept less-than-perpetual easements, providing a two-year window for Florida's enumerated hurricane and…
2024-12-10
Transactions
PRIMARY
Castor secured four Tampa Bay-specific provisions in WRDA 2024: a $420 million authorization for Port Tampa Bay Deep Draft Navigation (one of only four navigation projects in the country), a MacDill Air Force Base…
2024-12-10
Votes
SECONDARY
Castor voted Yea a second time on the Senate-amended Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act on December 10, 2024, which passed 399-18 and was signed into law by President Biden on January 4, 2025.
2024-07-22
Votes
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Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 8812 (Water Resources Development Act of 2024) on 2024-07-22: Castor championed the bill, which included her legislation supporting resiliency projects and beach restoration for the Tampa…
2024-07-22
Votes
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Kathy Castor voted Yea on H.R. 8812 (Roll Call 358), Water Resources Development Act of 2024, July 22, 2024—the bill passed 359-13 with 182 Democrats and 177 Republicans voting Yea.
2024-06-27
Votes
SECONDARY
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed H.R. 8812 by a 61-2 vote and the Senate EPW Committee approved its version unanimously, making the final floor votes overwhelmingly bipartisan and…
2024-04-20
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 8043 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-04-20: Castor voted for the $95 billion aid package including $26.38 billion for Israel security. She broke from the progressive…
2023-05-31
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling Deal)) on 2023-05-31: Castor voted yes on the bipartisan budget agreement to raise the debt ceiling, joining 165 Democrats and 149 Republicans…
2022-08-12
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 5376 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) on 2022-08-12: As Chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Castor championed this largest-ever federal climate investment. Her district (median…
2021-09-23
Votes
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Voted yea on H.R. 5323 (Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022) on 2021-09-23: Castor voted with the overwhelming bipartisan majority (420-9) for $1 billion in Iron Dome funding. Her vote aligned with AIPAC…
2019-05-07
Votes
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The Republican-controlled Senate never brought H.R. 9 to a vote. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell read the bill a second time on May 7, 2019 and placed it on the Senate Legislative Calendar, where it died. The bill had…
2019-05-02
Votes
PRIMARY
Kathy Castor voted YEA on Roll Call 184 (H.R. 9, Climate Action Now Act) on May 2, 2019. The House Clerk's official XML roll records 'Castor (FL)Aye' at line 13. The vote passed 231–190 with 228 Democrats and 3…
2019-05-02
Votes
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Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), whose Sarasota/Bradenton district faces coastal climate vulnerability comparable to Castor's Tampa Bay district, was one of only three House Republicans to vote YEA. His same-state defection…
2019-05-02
Votes
INFERENTIAL
Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 9 (Climate Action Now Act of 2019) on 2019-05-02: Castor was the lead sponsor of this bill directing the U.S. to remain in the Paris Climate Agreement. Her district - a coastal community…
2019-03-27
Votes
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Castor was the sole lead sponsor of H.R. 9, introduced on March 27, 2019. Congress.gov (the official legislative database) and Castor's own May 2, 2019 press release both confirm her sponsorship. The bill attracted 224…
2019-01-01
Transactions
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Castor chaired the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, created by Speaker Pelosi in January 2019. The committee had investigatory and advisory authority but no legislative jurisdiction. H.R. 9 was routed…
2017-05-04
Votes
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Voted nay on H.R. 1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017 (ACA repeal)) on 2017-05-04: Castor voted with all Democrats against the GOP ACA repeal. Her district has 11.1% uninsured rate and Health Care & Social…
2014-05-21
Other facts
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Castor has maintained a consistent 14-year record of securing federal water infrastructure funding for Tampa Bay through every biennial WRDA/WRRDA bill since at least 2014, when she announced the WRRDA provided Port…
2010-09-30
Transactions
SECONDARY
Castor sponsored or co-sponsored 22 earmarks totaling $47,154,000 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 70th out of 435 representatives.
2010-06-30
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By 2010, Castor had consolidated her TARP opposition into the canonical formulation 'did not address the root causes of the economic crisis or provide enough accountability,' which she used in her June 30, 2010…
2008-10-23
Votes
SECONDARY
Castor voted against both President George W. Bush (who proposed TARP) and her own party's presidential nominee Barack Obama (who supported it), making her Nay vote a rare dual-defection from leaders of both parties.
2008-10-03
Other facts
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Castor's October 3, 2008 statement on the Senate-amended bill first introduced the 'root causes' framing: 'The bailout bill does not address the fundamental root causes of the economic crisis or the concerns I have…
2008-10-03
Votes
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Castor voted 'No' a second time on H.R. 1424 (the Senate-amended TARP bill), Roll Call 681, October 3, 2008—the bill passed 263-171 and was signed into law by President Bush the same day; Castor was again the sole…
2008-09-29
Votes
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Castor's September 29, 2008 statement explaining her first Nay vote cited insufficient help for middle-class families, lack of taxpayer protections, and her experience assisting hundreds of Tampa Bay families at…
2008-09-29
Votes
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Kathy Castor voted 'No' on H.R. 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (TARP), Roll Call 674, September 29, 2008—the bill failed 205-228 with Democrats voting 140-95 in favor and Castor as the sole…
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