HOW TEXAS VOTED

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

Senate

1. Jobless benefits, drug testing: Voted, 51-48, to nullify as too soft an Obama administration rule under which states can subject applicants for unemployment compensation to drug testing. A yes vote was to send the measure (HJ Res 42) to President Donald Trump.

2. Seema Verma, Medicare administrator: Confirmed, 55-43, Seema Verma, a private health care consultant, to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A yes vote was to confirm Verma.

3. Dan Coats, director of national intelligence: Confirmed, 85-12, former Indiana GOP Sen. Dan Coats, 73, as the director of national intelligence. A yes vote was to confirm Coats.

4. H.R. McMaster, national security adviser: Voted, 86-10, to reconfirm Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as a threestar general, enabling him to remain on active duty while serving as President Trump’s national security adviser. A yes vote was to qualify McMaster to remain on active duty while serving as national security adviser.

House

1. Disclosure of Donald Trump’s tax returns: Voted, 223-183, to block a Democratic attempt to force consideration of a resolution directing the Ways and Means Committee to use its authority under law to obtain from the Treasury copies of President Trump’s tax returns from 2006 through 2015, review the documents in a closed session and then “report the information therein” to the full House.

A yes vote was in opposition to the Democrats’ bid.

2. Staff dismissals at Veterans Department: Passed, 237-178, a GOP-sponsored bill (HR 1259) that would reduce civil-service job protections and weaken collective-bargaining rights at the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to make it easier for the agency to fire or discipline employees with poor performance records or misconduct issues. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

3. Gun purchases and veterans’ mental health: Passed, 240-175, a GOP-sponsored bill that would require patientby-patient judicial review before the Department of Veterans Affairs can submit the names of veterans with serious mental issues to the FBI’s system of background checks on gun purchasers. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.