The voting record of New Mexico's congressional delegation for Feb. 26-March 4:

U.S. HOUSE

•HR 347 Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act (Passed 399-3) Steve Pearce yes, Martin Heinrich yes, Ben Ray Lujan yes.

•HR 368 Removal Clarification Act (Passed 396-4) Pearce yes, Heinrich yes, Lujan yes.

•HJ RES 44 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 (Passed 335-91) Pearce yes, Heinrich yes, Lujan yes.

•H RES 128 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 662) to provide an extension of federal aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs (Passed 256-169) Pearce yes, Heinrich no, Lujan no.

•H RES 129 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes (Passed 252-175) Pearce yes, Heinrich no, Lujan no.

•HR 662 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 (Passed 421-4) Pearce yes, Heinrich yes, Lujan yes.

•HR 4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (Passed 314-112) Pearce yes, Heinrich yes, Lujan no.

U.S. SENATE

•S 23 Patent Reform Act of 2011 - Leahy-Grassley Amdt. No. 121 as modified; to improve the bill. (Passed 97-2) Jeff Bingaman yes, Tom Udall yes.

•S 23 Patent

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Reform Act of 2011 - Motion to table Toomey-Vitter Amdt. No. 112 as modified; to require that the government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached. (Passed 52-47) Bingaman yes, Udall yes.

•HJ RES 44 - A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. (Passed 91-9) Bingaman yes, Udall yes.

•S 23 Patent Reform Act of 2011 - Lee Amdt. No. 115; to express the sense of the Senate in support of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. (Failed 58-40; three-fifths majority needed for passage) Bingaman no, Udall no.

•S 23 Patent Reform Act of 2011 - Motion to table Feinstein Amdt. No. 133 as modified; to strike the first inventor to file requirement. (Passed 87-13) Bingaman yes, Udall yes.

Note: Passage of a motion to table means the measure being tabled is defeated.