Opposing Trump’s Syria troop decision
How Florida members of Congress voted on key issues last week. (We welcome your feedback and suggestions at insight@orlandosentinel.com.)
HOUSE
House Joint Resolution 77: Opposing President Trump’s decision to end U.S. efforts to “prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.” Passed the House on Oct. 16 by a vote of 354-60.
■ Voting yes on the resolution: Bilirakis (R); Buchanan (R); Castor (D); Crist (D); Demings (D); Deutch (D); Diaz-Balart (R); Frankel (D); Hastings (D); Mucarsel-Powell (D); Murphy (D); Shalala (D); Soto (D); Spano (R); Waltz (R); Wasserman Schultz (D); Wilson (D)
■ Voting no on the resolution: Dunn (R); Gaetz (R); Mast (R); Posey (R); Rutherford (R); Steube (R)
■ Not voting: Lawson (D); Rooney (R); Webster (R); Yoho (R)
House Resolution 3624: Requiring publicly traded companies to report how many people they employ in each foreign country and in each state. Passed the House on Oct. 18 by a vote of 226-184.
■ Voting yes on the resolution: Castor (D); Crist (D); Demings (D); Deutch (D); Frankel (D); Hastings (D); Mucarsel-Powell (D); Murphy (D); Shalala (D); Soto (D); Wasserman Schultz (D); Wilson (D)
■ Voting no on the resolution: Bilirakis (R); Buchanan (R); Diaz-Balart (R); Dunn (R); Gaetz (R); Mast (R); Posey (R); Rooney (R); Rutherford (R); Spano (R); Steube (R); Waltz (R); Webster (R)
■ Not voting: Lawson (D); Yoho (R) House Resolution 95: Increasing the daily allocation of housing money for homeless veterans to include their children. Passed by the House on Oct. 15 by a vote of 408-0.
■ Voting yes on the resolution: Bilirakis (R); Buchanan (R); Castor (D); Crist (D);
Demings (D); Deutch (D); Diaz-Balart (R); Dunn (R); Frankel (D); Gaetz (R); Hastings (D); Mast (R); Mucarsel-Powell (D); Murphy (D); Posey (R); Rutherford (R); Shalala (D); Soto (D); Spano (R); Steube (R); Waltz (R); Wasserman Schultz (D); Webster (R); Wilson (D); Yoho (R)
■ Not voting: Lawson (D); Rooney (R)
SENATE
Senate Joint Resolution 54: A vote to overturn President Trump’s veto of a resolution terminating his emergency declaration at the Southern U.S. border. Rejected by the Senate on Oct. 17 by a vote of 53-36 vote (a two-thirds vote was needed to overturn the president’s veto).
■ Voting yes to overturn the president’s veto: Rubio
■ Voting no to overturn the president’s veto: Scott
Presidential nomination 1042: A vote to confirm the nomination of Barbara McConnell Barrett as secretary of the Air Force. Passed by the Senate on Oct. 16 by a vote of 85-7.
■ Voting yes on nomination: Rubio, Scott
■ Voting no on the nomination: None
Senate Joint Resolution 53: Overturning the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule, which replaced Clean Power plan with less stringent carbon emission standards. Rejected by the Senate on Oct. 17 a vote of 41-53.
■ Voting yes to overturn the Trump administration plan: None
■ Voting no on overturning the Trump administration plan: Rubio, Scott