HOW TEXAS VOTED

WASHINGTON — How the Texas congressional delegation voted on major issues last week:

Senate

1. Wind-Energy Research Funding: Voted, 54-42, to increase funding in fiscal 2017 of wind-energy research by $15 million to $95.4 million. The funding was added to an energy-water appropriations bill (HR 2028) that remained in debate.

A yes vote backed a nearly 20 percent hike in spending to develop technologies that would improve the storage and movement of wind energy in electrical grids. 1 Cornyn (R) San Antonio N Cruz (R) Houston A

House

1. Fiduciary Standards for Financial Advisors: Passed, 234-183, a measure (HJ Res 88) that would kill a Department of Labor regulation imposing fiduciary standards on those who provide professional advice on pension and retirement plans. The standards legally obligate advisers to put their clients’ financial interests ahead of their own.

A yes vote was to send the Senate a resolution to kill the fiduciary rule.

2. Easing of Securities Rules: Passed, 325-89, a bipartisan bill (HR 4498) that would ease Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to give start-up companies better access to investors at entrepreneurial events known as “demo days.”

A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate, where its prospects were uncertain.

3. Renewal of D.C. School Vouchers: Passed, 224-181, a bill (HR 4901) that would extend the District of Columbia’s school-voucher program through fiscal 2021 on a budget of $60 million annually. This is the nation’s only program in which federal taxpayer dollars are used to pay for attendance at non-public schools.

A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate, where it was expected to pass.

4. Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity: Defeated, 167-228, a bid by Democrats to prohibit nonpublic schools participating in the D.C. tuition-voucher program (HR 4901, above) from discriminating against students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. These private and church schools are not covered by federal civilrights laws.

A yes vote was to back the motion, which, had it been adopted, would have immediately amended the bill. 1234 Gohmert (R) Tyler YAYN Poe (R) Humble YYYN Johnson (R) Plano YYYN Ratcliffe (R) Heath YYYN Hensarling (R) Dallas YYYN Barton (R) Arlington YYYN Culberson (R) Houston YYYN Brady (R) The Woodlands YYYN Al Green (D) Houston NNNY McCaul (R) Austin YAYN Conaway (R) Midland YYYN Granger (R) Fort Worth YYYN Thornberry (R) Clarendon YYYN Weber (R) Alvin YYYN Hinojosa (D) Mercedes NYNY O’Rourke (D) El Paso NNNY Flores (R) Bryan YYYN Jackson-Lee (D) Houston NANY Neugebauer (R) Lubbock YYYN Castro (D) San Antonio NYNY Smith (R) San Antonio YYAA Olson (R) Sugar Land YYYN Hurd (R) Helotes YYYN Marchant (R) Coppell YYYN Williams (R) Austin YYYN Burgess (R) Flower Mound YYYN Farenthold (R) Corpus Christi YYYN Cuellar (D) Laredo NYNY Gene Green (D) Houston NNNY Johnson (D) Dallas NNNY Carter (R) Round Rock YYYN Sessions (R) Dallas YYYN Veasey (D) Fort Worth NYNY Vela (D) Brownsville NYNY Doggett (D) Austin NNNY Babin (R) Woodville YYYN Y = Yea, N = Nay, A = Not voting, P = Answered “Present”