Three out of the four senators from Missouri and Kansas voted for the Iraq war funding bill Thursday night: Missouri's Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill, a Republican and Democrat, respectively, and Kansas Republican Pat Roberts.
Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas was campaigning for president in Iowa and missed the vote. A spokesman said he supported the bill. It also included a $2.10 increase over the next two years in the federal minimum wage, now $5.15 per hour. Raising the wage was a priority for the new Democratic Congress.
Here's the roll call of the entire Senate.
Missouri House members who backed the war funding bill were Republicans Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Sam Graves and Kenny Hulshof. Ike Skelton, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, was the only Democrat from Missouri to vote yes.
Democrats Emanuel Cleaver, Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan voted no.
Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson missed the vote, but would have voted for it, according to aide Jeff Connor.
Here's the entire House vote on the Iraq supplemental.
Unlike the Senate, the House included the minimum wage increase and other domestic spending in a separate bill. That got unanimous support from every Missouri member present. Connor said Emerson would have supported that bill, too.
The entire Kansas House delegation voted for both measures: Democrats Dennis Moore and Nancy Boyda, and Republicans Todd Tiahrt and Jerry Moran.