Congressional votes for Oct. 23

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the last week.

In addition to roll call votes, the House and Senate also passed the following measures without a roll call vote. The Senate passed the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (S. 1493), to increase compensation for disabled veterans and their survivors; it passed the Superstorm Sandy Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act (H.R. 208), to improve Small Business Administration disaster assistance programs; and passed the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act (H.R. 774), to expand enforcement measures to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

The House also passed a bill (H.R. 1315), to require the president include an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit in annual budget proposals.

HOUSE VOTES

CITIES AND NUCLEAR TERRORIST ATTACKS: The House passed the Securing the Cities Act (H.R. 3493), sponsored by Rep. Daniel M. Donovan Jr., D-N.Y. The bill would establish the Securing the Cities program, aimed at improving the federal government's ability to detect and prevent terrorist attacks with nuclear or other radiological materials in the nation's cities. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 411 yeas to 4 nays.

YEAS: 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)

UKRAINIAN SELF-DETERMINATION: The House passed a resolution (H. Res 348), sponsored by Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., to state the House's support for free and fair democratic elections in Ukraine and condemn attempts by Russia and other countries to interfere in Ukraine's elections. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 413 yeas to 4 nays.

YEAS: 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)

MAKING GOVERNMENT DEBT PAYMENTS: The House passed the Default Prevention Act (H.R. 692), sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. The bill would authorize the Treasury Secretary to make payments on the interest and principal of U.S. debt should the federal government reach its debt ceiling. The vote, on Oct. 21, was 235 yeas to 194 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)

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WASHINGTON, D.C., CHILDREN: The House passed the SOAR Reauthorization Act H.R. 10, sponsored by Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio. The bill would reauthorize through fiscal 2021 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, which provides scholarships for children in Washington, D.C., to attend private charter schools. The vote, on Oct. 21, was 240 yeas to 191 nays.

YEAS: 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), Graves (MO) R-MO (6th)

DEVELOPING STRATEGIC MINERAL RESOURCES: The House passed the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act (H.R. 1937), sponsored by Rep. Mark E. Amodei, R-Nev. The bill would take a variety of measures to streamline the environmental permitting and regulatory and legal review process for mining minerals on federal land that are deemed to be strategic and critical to the country. The vote, on Oct. 22, was 254 yeas to 177 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

NEW YORK DISTRICT JUDGE: Senate confirmed the nomination of Ann Donnelly to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 95 yeas to 2 nays.

YEAS: McCaskill D-MO

NAYS: Blunt R-MO

SANCTUARY CITIES: The Senate rejected a cloture motion to end debate on the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act (S. 2146), sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La. The bill would disqualify sanctuary cities and other government jurisdictions that disobey the federal government's immigration laws from receiving community development block grants, funding under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program or funding under the Cops on the Beat program. The vote, on Oct. 20, was 54 yeas to 45 nays, with a three-fifths majority required to end debate.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO

NAYS: McCaskill D-MO

SHARING CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION: The Senate agreed to a cloture motion to end debate on a substitute amendment sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754). The substitute amendment would require several federal agencies to adopt procedures that promote sharing information about cybersecurity threats with other government entities and the private sector, as well as the broader public. The vote to end debate, on Oct. 22, was 83 yeas to 14 nays.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO, McCaskill D-MO