The second week of April was pretty slow for Congress. Only 11 votes cast, and six were non-party line votes. Of the five party line votes, three were procedural. Party line votes first. The big partisan issue of the week was the Save The Internet Act (HR 1664), a bill designed to reverse the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to end net neutrality and restore net neutrality to where it was in 2015. For the last two years, internet service providers have been a

Since March 27, the House has cast 27 votes. 9 were non-party-line, 9 were procedural, and 9 were party line votes of some substance. Steil voted with the Republicans 13 of 18 times (with 3 of those dissents being votes on the journal: RC 136, 139 and 143). The biggest issue the House dealt with during the first week of April was HR 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). To his credit, Steil did vote to support the VAWA on final passage (RC 156, April 4)