Congressional votes for Oct. 9

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

Along with roll call votes, the Senate also passed the following measures. It passed the DHS Social Media Improvement Act (H.R. 623), to authorize the Homeland Security Department to establish a working group on social media; and passed the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act (S. 32), to give the Justice Department more tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity.

The House also passed the Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act (H.R. 3102), to reform Transportation Security Administration programs and streamline transportation security regulations; passed the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act (H.R. 3510), to require the adoption of a cybersecurity strategy for Homeland Security; and passed the Adoptive Family Relief Act (S. 1300), to provide relief from immigrant visa fees for adoptive families in certain situations.

HOUSE VOTES

MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT: The House passed the Homebuyers Assistance Act (H.R. 3192), sponsored by Rep. J. French Hill, R-Ark. The bill would provide an exemption, through January, from federal regulations governing banks' disclosure of terms for mortgage loans. The vote, on Oct. 7, was 303 yeas to 121 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)

ENERGY PRODUCTION ON INDIAN LANDS: The House passed the Native American Energy Act (H.R. 538), sponsored by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. The bill would require the Interior Department to streamline its oversight of oil, natural gas, coal and renewable energy production on tribal lands, increase tribal control over energy production on their lands. The vote, on Oct. 8, was 254 yeas to 173 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)

NOT VOTING: Cleaver D-MO (5th)

INVESTIGATING ABORTION PROVIDERS: The House agreed to a resolution (H. Res. 461), sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to establish a select investigative panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to study the practices of abortion providers, including the procurement of fetal tissue and second- and third-trimester abortions. The vote, on Oct. 7, was 242 yeas to 184 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

CALIFORNIA DISTRICT JUDGE: The Senate confirmed the nomination of Dale A. Drozd to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California.The vote, on Oct. 5, was 69 yeas to 21 nays.

YEAS: McCaskill D-MO

NAYS: Blunt R-MO

2016 MILITARY SPENDING: The Senate passed the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735), sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Tex. The bill would authorize fiscal 2016 spending at the Defense Department, as well as military construction programs and the Energy Department's defense programs. The vote, on Oct. 7, was 70 yeas to 27 nays.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO, McCaskill D-MO

FUNDING ENERGY, WATER PROGRAMS: The Senate rejected a cloture motion to end debate on the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2028), sponsored by Rep. Michael D. Simpson, R-Idaho. The bill would provide $35.4 billion for the Energy Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and other energy and water government agencies in fiscal 2016. The vote, on Oct. 8, was 49 yeas to 47 nays, with a three-fifths majority required to end debate.

YEAS: Blunt R-MO

NAYS: McCaskill D-MO