Here’s how the lawmakers who represent Centre County in Congress voted Aug. 12-18

Here’s a look at how the members of the U.S. House who represent the area voted over the previous week. After the House vote, that chamber joined the Senate in a recess that is scheduled to last until September. There were no key votes in the Senate during the week.

ENERGY, TAXES, HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to a tax and spending bill (HR 5376), sponsored by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky. The bill’s spending measures include changes to Medicare prescription drug programs and various subsidies for non-fossil fuel sources of energy and energy efficiency programs, while its tax policy changes include a 15% alternative minimum tax on large companies and about $80 billion of increased funding for the IRS. Yarmuth said it “will lower health care costs and energy costs for American families” and also “makes the biggest corporations start paying their fair share in taxes.” An opponent, Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., called the bill “welfare for the wealthy environmentalists and big corporations, paid for by increased taxes and audits on middle- and low-income taxpayers.” The vote, on Aug. 12, was 220 yeas to 207 nays.

NAYS: Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard Township, and Fred Keller, R-Kreamer