HOW TEXAS VOTED

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

Senate

1. Relaxation of banking

rules: Passed, 67-31, a bill that would largely exempt community banks and credit unions from the Dodd-Frank oversight law, while also scaling back federal regulation of the largest banks and mid-sized regional banks.

The bill would leave intact the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s authority to operate as an independent agency largely free of congressional oversight.

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

House

1. Violence prevention at

K-12 schools: Passed, 407-10, a bill (HR 4909) that would authorize federal grants over 10 years to fund security improvements at K-12 schools in the United States as well as training to help school officials, pupils and law enforcement identify signs of looming gun violence in the student body and intervene to keep it from erupting. The bill would authorize $75 million per year, but actual spending levels in annual appropriations bills are expected to be lower. The bill would prohibit funding of programs to arm teachers.

A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate. 2. Experimental drugs for the terminally ill: Failed, 259-140, to reach a supermajority needed to pass a bill (HR 5247) that would give the terminally ill broad access to experimental drugs not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The bill would grant legal protection to doctors, hospitals, drug firms and others helping to facilitate these treatments. Republicans, most of whom supported the bill, said dying persons deserve access to highrisk medical interventions as a matter of freedom. Democrats, who provided most of the votes against the bill, said it was reckless to disregard FDA safety procedures.

A yes vote was to pass the bill. 3. Tailoring of bank regulations: Passed, 247-169, a bill (HR 1116) that would require banking regulators to revisit rules issued under the 2010 Dodd-Frank oversight law, including all Consumer Financial

Protection Agency rules. In addition, the bill requires regulators to tailor rules such as capital requirements to fit the size and the risk profiles of individual classes of banks.

A yes vote was to pass the bill. 4. Bar to Trump family

financial gain: Defeated, 182232, a Democratic bid to amend HR 1116 (above) to prohibit any tailoring of federal banking regulations that would yield personal financial gain to President Trump, his family or senior administration officials.

A yes vote was to adopt the motion.