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        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
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        <text>On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 361 - 0 (Roll No. 44).</text>
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        <text>Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (2/3 required): 361 - 0 (Roll No. 44).</text>
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        <text>At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 909.</text>
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        <text>Mr. Faleomavaega moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]</fullName>
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        <item>
          <name>Caribbean area</name>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Commemorates the courage of the Haitian soldiers who fought for American independence in the Siege of Savannah and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery.</p>]]></text>
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        <actionDate>2008-02-12</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Passed House without amendment</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2008-02-19T21:04:37Z</updateDate>
        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Commemorates the courage of the Haitian soldiers who fought for American independence in the Siege of Savannah and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery.</p>]]></text>
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