How your U.S. Lawmaker Voted
Here's how area members of Congress voted in the week that
ended Friday.
By Thomas Voting Reports
WASHINGTON — Here's how area members of Congress voted in
the week that ended Friday:
House:
"Pay as you go"
By a vote of 265-166, the House on Wednesday passed a bill
(HR 2920) putting Congress' pay-as-you-go budget rules into permanent law and
giving presidents power to sequester funds when Congress breaks those rules. The
bill awaits Senate action.
Under "pay-go," Congress is required to offset tax cuts or
increases in mandatory spending beyond baseline levels with matching revenue
hikes or spending cuts. The bill exempts politically popular measures such as
Alternative Minimum Tax relief, the Bush administration's middle-class and
estate-tax cuts and Medicare payments to doctors.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Jay Inslee, D-1; Rick Larsen, D-2; Brian Baird,
D-3; Norm Dicks, D-6; Adam Smith, D-9.
Voting no: Doc Hastings, R-4; Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-5;
Jim McDermott, D-7; Dave Reichert, R-8.