[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7169-H7170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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