Yesterday, the House passed its Transportation and HUD appropriations bill.
I would like to highlight two amendments in particular.
Republican Jeff Denham (CA-10) introduced an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for high-speed rail in the State of California or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
It passed 227 to 186. 221 Republicans and 6 Democrats voted for it. 183 Democrats and 3 Republicans voted against it.
Here are the 6 Democrats:
John Barrow (GA-12)
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Scott Peters (CA-52)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Raul Ruiz (CA-26)
In case you're curious, the 3 Republicans were Chris Gibson (NY-19), Michael Grimm (NY-11), and Tom Reed (NY-23).
Republican Pete Sessions (TX-32) introduced an amendment to prohibit the use of funds to support any Amtrak route whose costs exceed 2 times its revenues.
It failed 167 to 250.
164 Republicans and 3 Democrats voted for it. 60 Republicans and 190 Democrats voted against it.
Here are the 3 Democrats:
John Barrow (GA-12)
Jim Matheson (UT-04)
Collin Peterson (MN-07