Roll Call
BY TARGETED NEWS SERVICE
Sunday, July 22, 2012
7/22/12 at 4:54 AM
WASHINGTON - Here is how Oklahoma's members of the House of Representatives and Senate voted on key bills and amendments last week. A "Y" means the member voted for the measure; an "N" means the member voted against the measure; a "?" means the member did not vote.
HOUSE
Vote 1: Funding State Department: The House has passed the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 6018), sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla. The bill would fund the State Department, Peace Corps, and Broadcasting Board of Governors in fiscal 2013, including $8.98 billion for diplomatic and consular programs and $129 million for inspector general oversight of the Afghanistan and Iraq reconstruction programs. The vote, on Tuesday, was 333 yeas to 61 nays.
Vote 2: Report on budget cuts: The House has passed the Sequestration Transparency Act (H.R. 5872), sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas. The bill would require the president to submit to Congress a report detailing the budget sequester cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act agreement reached in 2011. The vote, on Wednesday, was 414 yeas to 2 nays.
Vote 3: Military cancer research: The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would have increased funding for cancer research programs at the Defense Health Program by $235 million and offset the increase with a $506 million cut in spending on the Navy's cruiser ships program. The vote, on Wednesday, was 145 yeas to 273 nays.
Vote 4: Afghanistan infrastructure fund: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would cut funding for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $175 million. The vote, on Wednesday, was 228 yeas to 191 nays.
Vote 5: Dealing with Russian arms provider: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would bar funding for supply contracts, loans, grants, and other measures that assist Rosoboronexport, a Russian state-owned company providing the Assad regime in Syria with a variety of weapons being used to suppress the revolt there. The vote, on Thursday, was 407 yeas to 5 nays.
Vote 6: Nuclear arms: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would bar funding for reducing the country's nuclear arms in contravention of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act or for implementing the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study, which was evaluating potential nuclear arms reductions. The vote, on Thursday, was 235 yeas to 178 nays.
Vote 7: Maintaining troops in Germany: The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would have blocked funding for the deployment beyond fiscal 2013 of two infantry brigades in Germany except as required by NATO treaty. The vote, on Thursday, was 123 yeas to 292 nays.
Vote 8: Nuclear weapons delivery vehicles: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would bar funding in fiscal 2013 to reduce the number of five types of vehicles used to deliver nuclear weapons. The vote, on Thursday, was 232 yeas to 183 nays.
Vote 9: War spending: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would transfer $5.6 billion from the military's budget for overseas wars to the military's base budget. The vote, on Thursday, was 238 yeas to 178 nays.
Vote 10: Veterans and health care fees: The House has approved an amendment sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856). The amendment would bar funding to implement the future imposition of an enrollment fee for the TRICARE for Life health care program for veterans. Stearns said Congress should "consider alternative avenues to cut spending before we require 3.3 million veterans that are eligible for TRICARE for Life to sacrifice even further" by paying an enrollment fee. The vote, on Thursday, was 399 yeas to 17 nays.
Vote 11: Military spending: The House has passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 5856), sponsored by Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. The bill would fund military programs and overseas combat operations in fiscal 2013. Young said the bill supported an expanded military presence in the increasingly vital Pacific region and preserved the operation of three cruiser ships needed to support a naval buildup that will help counter threats by Iran to shut down oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East. An opponent, Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., said: "I cannot continue to support legislation that sends billions and billions and billions of dollars to Afghanistan." The vote, on Thursday, was 326 yeas to 90 nays.
DB: Dan Boren (D)
TC: Tom Cole (R)
JL: James Lankford (R)
FL: Frank Lucas (R)
JS: John Sullivan (R)
House vote
| Issue | DB | TC | JL | FL | JS |
| Vote 1: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 2: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 3: | ? | N | N | N | ? |
| Vote 4: | ? | N | N | N | N |
| Vote 5: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 6: | ? | Y | Y | Y | ? |
| Vote 7: | ? | N | N | N | N |
| Vote 8: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 9: | ? | N | N | Y | Y |
| Vote 10: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 11: | ? | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Senate
Vote 1: Disclosing campaign contributions: The Senate has rejected a motion to end debate on the DISCLOSE Act (S. 3369), sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. The bill would have required the disclosure of campaign contributions by corporations, labor unions, political committees and other groups. The vote, on Tuesday, was 53 yeas to 45 nays, with a three-fifths majority required to end debate.
Vote 2: Taxes and overseas jobs: The Senate has rejected a motion to end debate on the Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 3364), sponsored by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. The bill would have eliminated a tax deduction for company expenses to move jobs and equipment overseas and established a 20 percent tax credit for company expenses associated with moving overseas jobs to the U.S. The vote, on July 19, was 56 yeas to 42 nays, with a three-fifths majority required to end debate.
JI: Jim Inhofe (R)
TC: Tom Coburn (R)
Senate vote
| Issue | JI | TC |
| Vote 1: | N | N |
| Vote 2: | N | N |
