HOW TEXAS VOTED

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

Senate

1. Kenneth Marcus, assistant education

secretary: Confirmed, 50-46, Kenneth L. Marcus as assistant secretary of education for civil rights, a post he held in the George W. Bush administration. Marcus was employed most recently as head of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law in Washington.

A yes vote was to confirm the nominee.

House

1. $145.4 billion spending package: Passed, 235-179, a $145.4 billion package that includes three of the 12 appropriations bills that will fund the government in fiscal 2019, which starts Oct. 1. In part, the bill (HR 5895) would provide $72.1 billion to fund health care for seven million veterans; $24.8 billion for other veterans’ programs; $10.3 billion for construction projects at military bases; $7.28 billion for Army Corps of Engineers public-works projects and $3.8 billion for operating the House and congressional support agencies including a boost in funding to defend Capitol Hill against mounting cyberattacks.

A yes vote was to pass the bill.

2. Audit of Robert

Mueller’s office: Voted, 207-201, to amend HR 5895 (above) to require the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to conduct semi-annual audits of the office of United States Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which is probing any ties between President Trump’s White House campaign and Russian interests, among other areas of inquiry.

A yes vote was to require congressional audits of Mueller’s office.

3. Social cost of carbon: Voted, 212-201, to prohibit any funds in HR 5895 (above) l from being spent on programs that would regulate or provide guidance on the social cost of carbon.

A yes vote was to oppose regulations putting a social cost on carbon emissions.

4. Democratic spotlight on infrastructure: Voted, 224-176, to block a Democratic bid for floor debate on a measure putting a spotlight on infrastructure, an issue President Trump and the GOP-controlled 115th Congress have not yet addressed.

A yes vote was to block an advisory measure on infrastructure.

5. Reclaiming unspent funds: Passed, 210-206, a GOP-drafted bill (HR 3) that would claw back $14.5 billion in unspent appropriations from previous years. For technical budgetary reasons, the measure would reduce budget deficits by no more than $1.2 billion over 10 years.

A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.