Roll Call
BY TARGETED NEWS SERVICE
Sunday, January 20, 2013
1/20/13 at 7:09 AM
WASHINGTON - Here is how Oklahoma's members of the House of Representatives 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. There were no key votes in the Senate this week.
HOUSE
Vote 1. Improving superstorm Sandy recovery: The House has passed the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (H.R. 219), sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. The bill would make permanent two pilot programs for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair buildings instead of using trailers as temporary housing and to speed removal of storm debris, provide for faster environmental reviews of reconstruction projects, and also allow FEMA to distribute fixed grants to impacted communities based on estimated damages from the communities. The vote, on Jan. 14, was unanimous with 403 yeas.
Vote 2. Offsetting Sandy relief spending: The House has rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152). The amendment would have offset $17 billion of funding for recovery from superstorm Sandy with a 1.63 percent reduction in fiscal 2013 discretionary appropriations. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 162 yeas to 258 nays.
Vote 3. Substitute amendment to fund Sandy relief: The House has passed a substitute amendment sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152). The substitute amendment would provide $17 billion of supplemental appropriations to fund recovery and relief efforts for the communities impacted by superstorm Sandy. Rogers said the $17 billion of funding responded to the most pressing needs of impacted communities while eliminating unnecessary and inefficient spending included in the Sandy relief bill passed by the Senate. An opponent, Rep. Garland Barr, R-Ky., said: "Congress should not use the urgency of disaster relief as its excuse for continuing to run up our $16.4 trillion national debt." The vote, on Jan. 15, was 327 yeas to 91 nays.
Vote 4. Ocean management grants: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152), that would cut funding for the Regional Ocean Partnership grant program, which supports regional coastal and ocean management, by $150 million. Flores said the reduction would prevent the unauthorized use of funds by the Obama administration. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 221 yeas to 197 nays.
Vote 5. Superstorm Sandy and land acquisition: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152), that would bar the Interior Secretary and the Agriculture Secretary from using any funds provided by the bill to purchase land for the federal government. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 223 yeas to 198 nays.
Vote 6. Increasing funding for Sandy aid: The House has passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152). The amendment would increase funding for recovery and relief efforts for the communities impacted by superstorm Sandy by $33.677 billion. Frelinghuysen said the increase was needed to respond to the $100 billion of damage caused by Sandy in just New York and New Jersey. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 228 yeas to 192 nays.
Vote 7. Funding Sandy relief: The House has passed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 152), sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky. The bill would provide $50 billion of supplemental appropriations to fund recovery and relief efforts for the communities impacted by superstorm Sandy. The vote, on Jan. 15, was 241 yeas to 180 nays.
JB: Jim Bridenstine (R)
TC: Tom Cole (R)
JL: James Lankford (R)
FL: Frank Lucas (R)
MM: Markwayne Mullin (R)
House vote
| Issue | JB | TC | JL | FL | MM |
| Vote 1: | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 2: | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| Vote 3: | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Vote 4: | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 5: | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Vote 6: | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Vote 7: | N | Y | N | Y | N |
