How your U.S. lawmaker voted

WASHINGTON — Here's how the state's members of Congress voted on major roll calls in the week ending Friday.

House

9/11 remembrance

By a vote of 334-1, the House on Monday adopted a resolution remembering the victims of the 9/11 attacks, honoring U.S. military and emergency personnel and vowing U.S. victory over terrorists. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, cast the sole negative vote, and 98 members were absent.

Voting yes: Jay Inslee, D-1; Rick Larsen, D-2; Brian Baird, D-3; Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-5; Norm Dicks, D-6; Jim McDermott, D-7; Dave Reichert, R-8; Adam Smith, D-9.

Not voting: Doc Hastings, R-4.

Senate

Transportation, housing

By a vote of 88-7, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would appropriate $104.6 billion in fiscal 2008 for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, up 5 percent from the 2007 budget bill.

The bill would include $41 billion for highway construction and repairs, $3.8 billion for Community Development Block Grants, $3.5 billion for airport grants, $1.47 billion for Amtrak, $735 million for low-income seniors' housing, $200 million for pipeline and rail safety, $110 million to subsidize commercial air service to smaller cities and $75 million in housing vouchers for homeless veterans.

Voting yes: Maria Cantwell, D; Patty Murray, D.

$1 billion for bridges

By a vote of 60-33, the Senate on Monday added $1 billion specifically for bridge repairs in 50 states to HR 3074. The funds were added to $40 billion already in the bill for highway projects that the states, not federal government, will prioritize.

Voting yes: Cantwell, Murray.

Mexican trucking dispute

By a vote of 75-23, the Senate on Tuesday agreed to continue a congressional ban on Mexican trucks plying U.S. roads beyond U.S.-Mexico border zones. The amendment was added to HR 3074 despite a Supreme Court ruling that the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement obligates the United States to permit long-haul Mexican trucking.

Under an administration program that Congress refuses to fund, 100 Mexican trucking companies are permitted full U.S. access provided they meet U.S. truck safety standards and certain special requirements. In return, 100 U.S. trucking firms have been granted long-haul access in Mexico.

Voting yes: Cantwell, Murray.

Roll Call Report Syndicate