[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10642-H10643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE--RESOLUTION REQUIRING THAT INVESTIGATION INTO
MATTERS SURROUNDING COMPLAINT ON REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD GEPHARDT BE
ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL COUNSEL
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to notice given earlier this day,
under rule IX, I offer a resolution (H. Res. 524) raising a question of
the privileges of the House, and I ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. Res. 524
Whereas, a complaint filed against Representative Gephardt
alleges House Rules have been violated by Representative
Gephardt's concealment of profits gained through a complex
series of real estate tax exchanges and;
Whereas, the complaint also alleges possible violations of
banking disclosure and campaign finance laws or regulations
and;
Whereas, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has
in complex matters involving complaints hired outside counsel
with expertise in tax laws and regulations and;
Whereas, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is
responsible for determining whether Representative Gephardt's
financial transactions violated standards of conduct or
specific rules of House of Representatives and;
Whereas, the complaint against Representative Gephardt has
been languishing before the committee for more than seven
months and the integrity of the ethics process and the manner
in which Members are disciplined is called into question; now
be it
Resolved that the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct is authorized and directed to hire a special counsel
to assist in the investigation of this matter.
Resolved that all relevant materials presented to, or
developed by, the committee to date on the complaint be
submitted to a special counsel, for review and recommendation
to determine whether the committee should proceed to a
preliminary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The resolution constitutes a
question of privilege under rule IX.
motion to table offered by mr. armey
Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. ARMEY moves to lay the resolution on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table
offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey].
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
recorded vote
Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was
ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 395,
noes 9, answered ``present'' 10, not voting 19, as follows:
[Roll No. 423]
AYES--395
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allard
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (CA)
Baker (LA)
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Beilenson
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Boucher
Brewster
Browder
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bryant (TX)
Bunn
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chapman
Chenoweth
Christensen
Chrysler
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clinger
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Coleman
Collins (GA)
Collins (IL)
Collins (MI)
Combest
Condit
Costello
Cox
Coyne
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cremeans
Cubin
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeFazio
DeLauro
DeLay
Dellums
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Dornan
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Durbin
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Filner
Flake
Flanagan
Foglietta
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (CT)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Frost
Funderburk
Gallegly
Gejdenson
Gekas
Geren
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Graham
Green (TX)
Greene (UT)
Greenwood
Gunderson
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hoekstra
Hoke
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jacobs
Jefferson
Johnson (SD)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Kleczka
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
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Martini
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Metcalf
Mica
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Moran
Morella
Murtha
Myers
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Orton
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Parker
Pastor
Paxon
Payne (NJ)
Payne (VA)
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pickett
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Pryce
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reed
Regula
Richardson
Riggs
Rivers
Roberts
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rose
Roth
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Rush
Sabo
Salmon
Sanders
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer
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
Stark
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Stearns
Stenholm
Stokes
Studds
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tanner
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thurman
Tiahrt
Torkildsen
Torres
Torricelli
Towns
Traficant
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Volkmer
Vucanovich
Walker
Wamp
Ward
Waters
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Williams
Wilson
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Zeliff
Zimmer
NOES--9
Doyle
Holden
Kanjorski
Klink
McDermott
McHale
Quinn
Taylor (MS)
Walsh
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--10
Borski
Cardin
Cooley
Gephardt
Goss
Hobson
Johnson (CT)
Pelosi
Sawyer
Schiff
NOT VOTING--19
Conyers
Dicks
Fields (LA)
Fields (TX)
Furse
Ganske
Gibbons
Hayes
Heineman
Johnston
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Lincoln
Longley
Meyers
Peterson (FL)
Quillen
Stockman
Thornton
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Mr. KLINK changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. RIVERS, and Messrs. WATT of North Carolina,
EVERETT, and DIXON changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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