Votes

The spending bill includes the same funding levels as House-approved legislation, and keeps the $85 billion in sequestration cuts

The House rejected a conservative budget Wednesday in a 104-132 vote, with 171 Democrats voting present.

The measure would have shifted money from a Heritage Area account that the administration had targeted for spending reductions.

Senate Democratic budget is defeated in 154-261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against it.  

The House on Tuesday approved a resolution that dismissed what appears to be an arbitrary and capricious challenge to the 2012 election of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) to Congress.

Cuellar's challenger, Republican William Hayward, lost handily to Cuellar last November in a 68-30 rout.

The House passed a resolution Tuesday that will cut the budgets of House committees by 11 percent, a move that GOP supporters of the measure said is needed to comply with the sequester.

The resolution, H.Res. 115, was passed in a 272-136 vote in which 61 Democrats supported it, and just 10 Republicans voted against it. The vote was held after Republicans said the House either needs to make the cuts, or find offsets in other parts of the government.

The House took a step toward passing the 2014 budget resolution offered by House Budget Committee Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), by approving a rule governing debate on the measure.

Members voted 224-189 in favor of the rule, which sets up four hours of debate on the GOP budget, and allows a half hour of debate on most of the five alternative budgets that will also get votes.

The House approved two non-controversial resolutions on Monday evening, which were their only substantial votes Monday.

In a 388-0 vote, members approved H.Con.Res. 18, making the Capitol grounds available for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service.

The Senate failed to reach an agreement Monday on further amendments to the continued spending resolution that would prevent a government shut down by funding federal spending through the fiscal year.

Despite some GOP opposition, the Senate voted 63-35 on a motion to end debate on the bill after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said a few senators would not agree to let the bill move forward without votes on their amendments. The vote showed there is enough support for final passage of the bill, expected later this week.

“Everyone has to look at this from way up high and realize how much has been accomplished in a week,” Reid said. “People have requested further changes to the bill and we’ve tried hard.”

In a 215-202 vote, only two Democrats support it; 14 Republicans voted against it.