[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7169-H7170]
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                         COST OF GOVERNMENT DAY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the question of 
suspending the rules and agreeing to the concurrent resolution, House 
Concurrent Resolution 193.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] that the House suspend the 
rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, House Concurrent 
Resolution 193, on which the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 5 of rule I, the Chair will reduce to a minimum of 
5 minutes the time for a recorded vote, if ordered, on the question of 
the Speaker's approval of the Journal.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 376, 
nays 23, not voting 34, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 293]

                               YEAS--376

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allard
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bryant (TX)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chapman
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clement
     Clinger
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Condit
     Cooley
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis
     de la Garza
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Fields (LA)
     Fields (TX)
     Filner
     Flake
     Flanagan
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Frost
     Funderburk
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Geren
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Green (TX)
     Greene (UT)
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hancock
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Longley
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Martini
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Meyers
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Montgomery
     Moorhead
     Moran
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myers
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Nussle
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Orton
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Peterson (FL)
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Pryce
     Quillen
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel

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     Reed
     Regula
     Richardson
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Roberts
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rose
     Roth
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Seastrand
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stockman
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stump
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tate
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thornton
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Torkildsen
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Vucanovich
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Ward
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Zeliff

                                NAYS--23

     Becerra
     Beilenson
     Brown (FL)
     Coleman
     Collins (IL)
     Collins (MI)
     Conyers
     Coyne
     Dellums
     Dingell
     Foglietta
     Johnson, E. B.
     McDermott
     Meek
     Miller (CA)
     Mollohan
     Oberstar
     Pelosi
     Stark
     Thompson
     Volkmer
     Waters
     Waxman

                             NOT VOTING--34

     Bishop
     Clay
     Clayton
     Dickey
     Dunn
     Everett
     Foley
     Ford
     Gibbons
     Hall (OH)
     Hayes
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Johnston
     Kaptur
     Lincoln
     Manton
     McDade
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Norwood
     Obey
     Petri
     Quinn
     Roukema
     Sabo
     Tejeda
     Torricelli
     Watt (NC)
     Weldon (FL)
     Williams
     Wise
     Young (FL)
     Zimmer

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  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. BECERRA changed their 
vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were 
suspended and the concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. DICKEY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 293, I was absent because of 
the malfunction of my beeper. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yes.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 293, I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 293, I was inadvertently 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained this afternoon and 
was therefore unable to cast my vote in support of House Concurrent 
Resolution 193, the Cost of Government Day Resolution.
  House Concurrent Resolution 193 expresses the sense of Congress that 
the cost of Government spending should be reduced so that American 
families will be able to keep more of what they earn. Throughout my 
tenure in the House of Representatives, I have been committed to 
balancing the budget by eliminating wasteful Government spending. I 
therefore would like to express my strong support for this resolution 
which commemorates July 3, 1996, as Cost of Government Day.
  It is an injustice that western New Yorkers and all Americans are 
forced to give up more than 50 percent of what they earn to the 
Government. Out of 366 days in 1996, the average American will work 
184.6 days to support the total cost of Government, leaving 181 days of 
work to support their families.

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