How they voted

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Updated: January 26, 2012 8:12AM

WASHINGTON — Here’s how Reps. Joe Donnelly and Peter Visclosky, Democrats, and Sens. Richard Lugar and Daniel Coats, Republicans, voted last week.

House

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS: The House agreed to the Senate amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 1892), sponsored by Rep. Mike J. Rogers, R-Mich. The bill would authorize funding for intelligence programs at the CIA, Defense Department and other agencies in 2012. The vote, on Dec. 16, was 396 yeas to 23 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, yea; Visclosky, yea

OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS: The House agreed to the conference report for the Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055), originally sponsored by Rep. John Abney Culberson, R-Texas. The bill will fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Defense Department, Labor Department, Health and Human Services and various other agencies for fiscal year 2012. The vote, on Dec. 16, was 296 yeas to 121 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, yea; Visclosky, yea

OFFSETTING DISASTER RELIEF SPENDING: The House agreed to a resolution (H. Con. Res. 94), sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., that would offset $8.1 billion of spending on disaster relief in fiscal 2012 by making a 1.83 percent across-the-board cut to all discretionary spending, except for the Defense Department, military construction programs and Veterans Affairs. The vote, on Dec. 16, was 255 yeas to 165 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, yea; Visclosky, nay

DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAMS: The House passed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 3672), sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky. The bill would provide $6.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund and $1.7 billion for disaster recovery programs at the Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. The vote, on Dec. 16, was 351 yeas to 67 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, yea; Visclosky, yea

PAYROLL TAX CUT AMENDMENTS: The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630), and requested a conference with the Senate on the bill. The amendments would have extended the payroll tax cut until the end of February, extended Medicare payments to health care providers, extended unemployment compensation, and required the Obama administration to decide within 60 days whether to grant a permit for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas. The vote, on Dec. 20, was 229 yeas to 193 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, nay; Visclosky, nay

PAYROLL TAX CUT RESOLUTION: The House passed a resolution (H. Res. 501) sponsored by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., expressing the sense of the House that Congress should pass a bill extending the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012, eliminating for two years a cut in Medicare reimbursement for physicians, and cutting spending in order to offset lost revenue for the Social Security Trust Fund. The vote, on Dec. 20, was 226 yeas to 185 nays.

Votes: Donnelly, nay; Visclosky, nay

Senate

2012 MILITARY BUDGET: The Senate agreed to the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540), a bill originally sponsored by Rep. Howard P. McKeon, R-Calif. The compromise legislation will provide $554 billion of funding for military programs and $115.5 billion for overseas combat operations in 2012, and give the president authority to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists, who would be tried before military commissions. The vote, on Dec. 15, was 86 yeas to 13 nays.

Votes: Coats, yea; Lugar, yea

EXTENDING PAYROLL TAX CUT: The Senate passed a substitute amendment sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630). The amendment would extend the payroll tax cut until the end of February, extend Medicare payments to health care providers, extend unemployment compensation, and require the Obama administration to decide within 60 days whether to grant a permit for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas. The vote, on Dec. 17, was 89 yeas to 10 nays.

Votes: Coats, yea; Lugar, yea

DISASTER RELIEF: The Senate passed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (H.R. 3672), sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky. The bill would provide $6.4 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund and $1.7 billion for disaster recovery programs at the Army Corps of Engineers in 2012. The vote, on Dec. 17, was 72 yeas to 27 nays.

Votes: Coats, nay; Lugar, nay

OFFSETTING DISASTER RELIEF SPENDING: The Senate rejected a resolution (H. Con. Res. 94), sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., that would have offset $8.1 billion of spending on disaster relief in fiscal 2012 by making a 1.83 percent across-the-board cut to all discretionary spending, except for the Defense Department, military construction programs and Veterans Affairs. The vote, on Dec. 17, was 43 yeas to 56 nays.

Votes: Coats, yea; Lugar, yea

OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS: The Senate agreed to the conference report for the Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055), originally sponsored by Rep. John Abney Culberson, R-Texas. The bill will fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Defense Department, Labor Department, Health and Human Services and various other agencies for fiscal year 2012. The vote, on Dec. 17, was 67 yeas to 32 nays.

Votes: Coats, nay; Lugar, nay