A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Charles W. Dent (R., Pa.), Michael Fitzpatrick (R., Pa.), Jim Gerlach (R., Pa.), Tim Holden (D., Pa.), Frank A. LoBiondo (R., N.J.), Pat Meehan (R., Pa.), Joseph R. Pitts (R., Pa.), Jon Runyan (R., N.J.), and Christopher H. Smith (R., N.J.).
Voting no: Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), Robert A. Brady (D., Pa.), John Carney (D., Del.), Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), and Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.).
Food and Drug Administration. Voting 387-5, the House on Wednesday passed a bill (HR 5651) that authorizes $6.4 billion, over five years, in FDA user fees on companies seeking approval of new brand-name and generic drugs, medical devices, and biotechnology products.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Andrews, Brady, Carney, Dent, Fattah, Fitzpatrick, Gerlach, Holden, LoBiondo, Meehan, Pitts, Runyan, Schwartz, and Smith.
2013 intelligence budget. Voting 386-28, the House on Thursday passed an estimated $80 billion budget (HR 5743) for U.S. civilian and military intelligence agencies in fiscal 2013. The House Intelligence Committee says the classified figure is down 4 percent from 2012 and reflects an overall personnel freeze but increases in surveillance staffing.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Andrews, Brady, Carney, Dent, Fattah, Fitzpatrick, Gerlach, Holden, LoBiondo, Meehan, Pitts, Runyan, Schwartz, and Smith.
Veterans, military construction. Voting 407-12, the House on Thursday sent the Senate a bill (HR 5854) to appropriate $60.7 billion in fiscal 2013 discretionary spending for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill also would appropriate about $11 billion for building or repairing family housing, schools, medical units, and other facilities at U.S. military bases worldwide.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Andrews, Brady, Carney, Dent, Fattah, Fitzpatrick, Gerlach, Holden, LoBiondo, Meehan, Pitts, Runyan, Schwartz, and Smith.
Electric vs. fossil fuels. Voting 139-245, the House on Friday refused to shift $50 million from the Department of Energy's fossil-fuels budget to programs furthering the development of electric-powered vehicles. The amendment was offered to a bill (HR 5325) appropriating $32.1 billion for energy and water programs in fiscal 2013. The bill remained in debate.
A yes vote backed the amendment.
Voting yes: Andrews, Brady, Carney, Fattah, and Schwartz.
Voting no: Dent, Fitzpatrick, Holden, Gerlach, LoBiondo, Meehan, Pitts, Runyan, and Smith.
This week. The House will take up the Department of Homeland Security's 2013 budget and a bill to repeal the 2010 health law's tax on medical devices, while the Senate will debate the Paycheck Fairness Act to even pay disparities between males and females.
