[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1194]
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REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO POSTPONE RECORDED VOTES ON AMENDMENTS IN THE 
  COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, AND TO REDUCE TO 5 MINUTES INTERVENING TIME 
                             BETWEEN VOTES

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 2, pursuant to House Resolution 55, the Chairman 
of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a time during further 
consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded 
vote on any amendment, and that the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole may reduce to not less than 5 minutes the time for voting by 
electronic device on any postponed question that immediately follows 
another vote by electronic device with intervening business, providing 
that the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any 
series of questions shall be not less than 15 minutes.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Reserving the right to object, and I do not plan to 
object, Mr. Speaker, I would just like to know if this has been covered 
or at least discussed with the minority to make sure there is no 
objection to it. I think that is everything we were talking about 
earlier, so on Monday the votes could possibly be postponed until 5 
o'clock.

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  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield, yes, this and the ensuing 
unanimous-consent request I am about to read have both been cleared on 
both sides of the aisle.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Can we hold that up for just a few minutes? Is it 
possible? I do not want to object, but will the gentleman withdraw at 
this time for just a few minutes?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Foley). The request is considered as 
withdrawn.

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