H.R. 265

Funding boost for rural broadband

Voting 197 for and 229 against, the House on Thursday defeated a Republican motion that sought to increase funding in HR 265 for ruralbroadband programs by $125 million, to a total of $565 million. The Department of Agriculture program provides communities and individuals in rural areas with grants and low-cost loans for obtaining high-speed Internet connectivity. A yes vote was to increase the bill's rural-broadband budget by nearly 30 percent.

Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser

No: Dean, Houlahan, Wild, Cartwright

H.R. 264

Bill to reopen Treasury, IRS, other agencies Voting 240 for and 188 against, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that would appropriate $23.7 billion in fiscal 2019 for the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission and other agencies partially closed since Dec. 22. The bill would fund a 1.9 percent pay raise for civil servants in 2019 while prohibiting scheduled raises for Vice President Pence and senior political appointees in the administration. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

Yes: Fitzpatrick, Dean, Houlahan, Wild, Cartwright

No: Meuser