HOW TEXAS VOTED

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

Senate

1. Neomi Rao, regulatory czar: Voted, 54-41, to confirm Neomi Rao to head a unit of the White House and Office of Management and Budget that oversees the federal regulatory process.

A yes vote was to confirm Rao.

2. William Hagerty, ambassador to Japan: Voted, 86-12, to confirm William F. Hagerty IV, 57, a private-equity investor, former economic adviser to President George H.W. Bush and member of President Donald Trump’s White House transition team, as U.S. ambassador to Japan.

A yes vote was to confirm Hagerty.

House

1. $696 billion for military in 2018: Voted, 344-81, to authorize a $696.5 billion military budget (HR 2810) for fiscal 2018, including $64.6 billion for war-fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other theaters and more than $50 billion for active-duty and retiree

health care. A yes vote was to pass the bill.

2. Climate change, national security: Refused, 185-234, to strip HR 2810 (above) of a requirement for Department of Defense reports on the impact of climate change on U.S. military installations and combat readiness.

A yes vote was to strip the bill of its climatechange reporting requirement.

3. Funding transgender surgery: Refused, 209-214, to strip the 2018 military budget (HR 2810, above) of its authority to fund gender-change surgeries and related hormone therapies for members of the military and their dependents. The amendment did not apply to funding of related mental-health counseling.

A yes vote was to adopt the funding ban.

4. Funding Mexican border wall: Rejected, 190-235, a Democratic bid to bar funding in HR 2810 (above) for President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall and other physical barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border. In its specific language, the bill neither authorizes nor prohibits wall funding.

A yes vote was to prohibit wall funding in the bill.

5. 1% cut in military budget: Defeated, 73351, an amendment that sought to cut the 2018 military budget (HR 2810, above) in areas other than health care and personnel by 1 percent or $6.2 billion.

A yes vote was to cut the 2018 military budget by $6.2 billion.