WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week, June 12-18.

Along with its roll call votes, the Senate also this week passed the Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act (S. 4828), to reaffirm the Declaration of Independence as an organic law of the United States; and a bill (S. Res. 444), condemning the dictator of China, Xi Jinping, for deceit, undermining prospects for peace and security, and orchestrating crimes against humanity.

There were no key votes in the House this week.

SENATE VOTES:

Senate Vote 1:

APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Justin D. Smith to be a judge on the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. After time as a lawyer for Missouri’s attorney general, governor, and the state’s Agriculture Department, Smith joined the James Otis law firm in St. Louis. An opponent, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., faulted Smith for representing President Trump in various lawsuits, and said “his record shows he is too ideological and too extreme for the federal bench.” The vote, on June 15, was 48 yeas to 43 nays.

YEAS: Moran R-KS, Marshall R-KS

Senate Vote 2:

REVIEWING IMMIGRATION CASES: The Senate has rejected a motion to proceed to consideration of a bill (S.J. Res. 190), sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., that would disapprove of and void a rule issued by the Executive Office for Immigration Review this February that changed procedures for appellate reviews of rulings by immigration judges. Kaine said the rule had essentially made the appeals process “meaningless by imposing such tight time deadlines on the filing of appeal and encouraging the dismissal of appeals on a summary basis as to render the appeals process completely unworkable.” The vote, on June 16, was 46 yeas to 48 nays.

NAYS: Moran, Marshall

Senate Vote 3:

IRAN WAR: The Senate has rejected a motion to discharge from its Foreign Relations Committee a bill (S.J. Res. 172), sponsored by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., that would have required the cessation of U.S. military action against Iran absent authorization from Congress. Warnock said adopting the measure would “send a message that the president should not feel that he can easily and so cavalierly use American might while Congress stands idly by.” An opponent, Sen. James E. Risch, R-Idaho, said it would “stop the president from pushing back against Iran and the terrible things that they have done.” The vote, on June 16, was 47 yeas to 48 nays.

NAYS: Moran, Marshall

Five senators missed the roll call vote: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Senate Vote 4:

SOUTH KOREA: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Michelle Steel to be U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Earlier this decade, Steel was a House member for two terms, representing two different California districts, after five years on the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The vote, on June 17, was 55 yeas to 39 nays.

YEAS: Moran, Marshall

Senate Vote 5:

HONDURAS: The Senate has rejected a motion to discharge from its Foreign Relations Committee a bill (S. Res. 616), sponsored by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., that would require a report from the State Department on Honduras’s human rights practices, including suspected ties to drug trafficking and information on its former president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, who President Trump pardoned from U.S. imprisonment late in 2025. Cortez Masto said “the president’s action here is the opposite of law and order. In fact, it contradicts efforts to combat drug trafficking, and it undermines law enforcement.” A bill opponent, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, called it “a relic of a failed past approach to Central America, one that imposes a leftist ideology and a purity test and ties our hands, while cartels flood our streets with poison and chaos spills across our borders in the hemisphere.” The vote to discharge, on June 17, was 44 yeas to 50 nays.

NAYS: Moran, Marshall

Senate Vote 6:

EUROPEAN FINANCING: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of George Holding to be the U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Holding was a House member, representing a North Carolina district, for four terms; he has also been a U.S. attorney in the state and, most recently, an executive at the Blackstone investment company and member of the Trump Media and Technology Group board. The vote, on June 18, was 48 yeas to 39 nays.

NOT VOTING: Moran

YEAS: Marshall