Congressional votes for June 19

Besides roll call votes, the House also took action on legislation by voice vote. The House passed the VBID for Better Care Act (H.R. 2570), to authorize a demonstration program for using value-based insurance design in Medicare. It also passed the Securing Seniors' Health Care Act (H.R. 2582), to improve risk adjustment under the Medicare Advantage program.

HOUSE VOTES

TRADE PROCESSING AND ENFORCEMENT: The House concurred in the Senate amendment to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (H.R. 644), sponsored by Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y. The bill would establish a center for coordinating federal government efforts to protect intellectual property from infringement, automate the processing of certain trade documents by the Customs and Border Protection agency and establish processes for investigating whether foreign countries are directly or indirectly manipulating their currency to subsidize their exports. The vote, on June 12, was 240 yeas to 190 nays.

YEAS: Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

NAYS: Clay D-MO (1st), Cleaver D-MO (5th)

RELEASING U.S. CITIZENS JAILED IN IRAN: The House passed a resolution (H. Res. 233), sponsored by Rep. Daniel T. Kildee, R-Mich., expressing the sense of the House calling on Iran to release three U.S. citizens being imprisoned in Iran and release information on the status of a fourth citizen who disappeared inside Iran in the 2000s. The vote, on June 15, was unanimous with 391 yeas.

YEAS: Clay D-MO (1st), Cleaver D-MO (5th), Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

NOT VOTING: Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd)

FUNDING INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES: The House passed the Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 2596), sponsored by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. The bill would authorize fiscal 2016 spending at the government's intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It would also bar funding for the transfer or release of any non-U.S. citizen detainees from the military's Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. The vote, on June 16, was 247 yeas to 178 nays.

YEAS: Clay D-MO (1st), Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

NAYS: Cleaver D-MO (5th)

COMBAT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE: The House rejected a resolution (H. Con. Res. 55), sponsored by Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass., that would have required the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers who were deployed to Iraq and Syria starting in August 2014, excepting soldiers needed to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq and Syria. The vote, on June 17, was 139 yeas to 288 nays.

NAYS: Clay D-MO (1st), Cleaver D-MO (5th), Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY: The House concurred in the Senate amendment to the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R. 2146), sponsored by Rep. David G. Reichert, R-Wash. The amendment would authorize fast-track trade promotion authority for the president to negotiate terms of trade treaties, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 other nations bordering the Pacific Ocean. The vote, on June 18, was 218 yeas to 208 nays.

YEAS: Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

NAYS: Clay D-MO (1st), Cleaver D-MO (5th)

TAX ON MEDICAL DEVICES: The House passed the Protect Medical Innovation Act (H.R. 160), sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn. The bill would repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices adopted in the health-care reform law. The vote, on June 18, was 280 yeas to 140 nays.

YEAS: Graves (MO) R-MO (6th), Hartzler R-MO (4th), Long R-MO (7th), Luetkemeyer R-MO (3rd), Smith (MO) R-MO (8th), Wagner R-MO (2nd)

NAYS: Clay D-MO (1st), Cleaver D-MO (5th)

SENATE VOTES

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK: The Senate confirmed the nomination of Matthew T. McGuire to serve as U.S. executive director of the World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a two-year term. The vote, on June 15, was 62 yeas to 24 nays.

YEAS: McCaskill D-MO

NAYS: Blunt R-MO

TORTURE AND INTERROGATION: The Senate passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The amendment would bar the government from using torture techniques in interrogation. The vote, on June 16, was 78 yeas to 21 nays.

YEAS: McCaskill D-MO

NAYS: Blunt R-MO

SENDING WEAPONS TO KURDISTAN: The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The amendment would have authorized the temporary provision of weapons and associated training and other services to the Kurdistan regional government in Iraq. The vote, on June 16, was 54 yeas to 45 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO

NAYS: McCaskill D-MO

SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY: The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). The amendment would have established a justice system within the military for handing cases of alleged sexual assault, removing responsibility for handling such cases from the military's chain of the command. The vote, on June 16, was 50 yeas to 49 nays, with a three-fifths majority required for approval.

NAYS: Blunt R-MO, McCaskill D-MO

DEBATING 2016 MILITARY BUDGET: The Senate rejected a cloture motion to end debate on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 2685), sponsored by Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, R-Pa. The bill would provide $578 billion for the military in fiscal 2016, including $88.4 billion for war efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, and a 2.3 percent pay increase for military members. The vote, on June 18, was 50 yeas to 45 nays, with a three-fifths majority required to end debate.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO

NOT VOTING: McCaskill D-MO

MILITARY SPENDING IN 2016: The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735), sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. The bill would authorize $611.9 billion of spending on the military and military construction programs in fiscal 2016. The vote, on June 18, was 71 yeas to 25 nays.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO

NOT VOTING: McCaskill D-MO