HOW TEXAS VOTED

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

Senate

1. Sending stopgap bill to President Donald Trump: Voted, 74-20, to join the House in passing a bill (HR 3055) that would fund agencies on a stopgap basis from last Thursday through Dec. 20.

A yes vote was to send the bill to Trump, who signed it into law.

2. Shifting $12 billion to infrastructure projects: Voted, 73-20, to table (kill) an amendment to HR 3055 (above) that sought to cut 1 percent from fiscal 2019 agency budgets and allocate the $12 billion savings to road, bridge and water projects funded by the Highway Trust Fund and the Environmental Protection Agency.

A yes vote was to kill the amendment.

House

1. Preventing workplace violence at hospitals, social agencies: Passed, 251-158, a bill (HR 1309) requiring the Labor Department to issue a rule designed to reduce workplace violence at medical facilities including hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient clinics, where attacks occur far more frequently than in the overall workplace, according to federal statistics.

A yes vote was to pass the bill.

2. Faulting Democrats’ legislative priorities: Voted, 222-188, to turn back a GOP motion to HR 1309 (above) asserting that House Democrats were wrongly “prioritizing impeachment of the president” over advancing measures to fund the Pentagon, lower prescription drug prices, secure the U.SMexico border and approve the pending United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on free trade.

A yes vote was in opposition to the nonbinding GOP statement.

3. Approving agency funding through Dec. 20: Approved, 231-192, stopgap appropriations (HR 3055) to fund the government at fiscal 2019 levels between last Thursday and Dec. 20, giving negotiators more time to seek agreement on a regular full-year budget for fiscal 2020, which began about seven weeks ago. One sticking point is Trump’s request, opposed by Democrats, for $9 billion in Homeland Security Department funding for a border wall. In addition to averting a government shutdown, the bill adds money to ensure a “fair and accurate” 2020 census, respond to an Ebola virus outbreak in Africa and fund a 3.1 percent military pay raise that took effect Oct. 1.

A yes vote was to pass the bill. Y = Yea, N = Nay, A = Not voting, P = Answered “Present”