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Interior Department: Members passed, 247-178, the final version of a $32.2 billion budget for the Department of the Interior and agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency in 2010. A yes vote supported a bill (HR 2996) that includes $385 million for addressing climate change.

Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd: YES

John Adler, D-3rd: YES

Small business: Members voted 389-32 to raise the cap from $2 million to $3 million on federally guaranteed loans made by banks in the Small Business Administration's main lending program. Taxpayers would back 90 percent of each Section 7(a) loan. A yes vote was to pass HR 3854.

LoBiondo: YES

Adler: YES

SENATE

Jobless benefits: Senators voted 87-13 to advance a bill providing 20 more weeks of jobless checks for those losing current allotments in states with at least 8.5 percent unemployment. A yes vote was to debate a bill (HR 3548) that also provides 14 more weeks of checks in other states.

Robert Menendez, D: YES

Frank Lautenberg, D: YES

Interior Department: Voting 72-28, senators sent President Barack Obama the final version of a bill providing $32.2 billion for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies in fiscal 2010 (HR 2996, above). A yes vote was to approve the conference report.

Menendez: YES

Lautenberg: YES

Source: Roll Call Report Syndicate

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