[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AUTHORIZING PRESIDENT TO AWARD CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO MOTHER 
                                 TERESA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pending business is the question of 
suspending the rules and passing the bill, H.R. 1650.
  The clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1650, on which the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This is a 5-minute vote.

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                Announcement By The Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Kingston). Members will be advised that 
voting machines are not working and that voting will proceed with 
Members casting their vote in writing in the well.


                Announcement By The Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will be advised that the machines 
apparently are working now. Vote cautiously. The machines are now 
working.
  Members are encouraged to vote by machine rather than in the well.

                              {time}  1600


Vacating Ordering of Yeas and Nays on H.R. 1650, Authorizing President 
           to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Mother Teresa

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to vacate the 
proceedings whereby the yeas and nays were ordered on H.R. 1650 and the 
electronic vote begun.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kingston). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from New York?
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, 
I would inquire of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] exactly 
what vote it is that we will not be taking, and will there be another 
vote that we will not take after this one.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unanimous-consent request covers the 
pending record vote on H.R. 1650, the motion of the gentleman from 
Delaware [Mr. Castle].
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, to answer the gentleman's question, it is 
for the Gold Medal for Mother Teresa.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of 
objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. On the voice vote taken earlier, which was 
not objected to for lack of a quorum, on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 1650, the Chair announced that two-thirds had 
voted in favor thereof, and so the rules are suspended and the bill is 
passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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