[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 75 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4487-H4488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     PROPOSING AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN SPENDING

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ewing). The unfinished business is the 
question de novo on the passage of the joint resolution, House Joint 
Resolution 119, on which further proceedings were postponed on 
Wednesday, June 10, 1998.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the joint 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground 
that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum 
is not present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 29, 
nays 345,

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answered ``present'' 51, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 226]

                                YEAS--29

     Barrett (WI)
     Bereuter
     DeFazio
     Dingell
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Engel
     Ford
     Gillmor
     Green
     Harman
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     LaFalce
     Leach
     Lipinski
     Luther
     McHugh
     Minge
     Moran (VA)
     Obey
     Porter
     Poshard
     Sandlin
     Smith, Adam
     Stupak
     Vento

                               NAYS--345

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeGette
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lucas
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McHale
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--51

     Abercrombie
     Becerra
     Blagojevich
     Bonior
     Borski
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Cardin
     Coyne
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Eshoo
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gephardt
     Gordon
     Gutierrez
     Hoyer
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kucinich
     Levin
     Lowey
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     McCarthy (MO)
     McGovern
     Meehan
     Menendez
     Miller (CA)
     Moakley
     Nadler
     Neal
     Pallone
     Pomeroy
     Rothman
     Sanchez
     Sawyer
     Slaughter
     Stabenow
     Tauscher
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Wise
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Berman
     Boyd
     Cramer
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Gonzalez
     Lewis (GA)
     Schumer

                              {time}  1117

  Messrs. MANZULLO, SKAGGS, BURTON of Indiana, STEARNS, RUSH, PAXON, 
and McCOLLUM changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Ms. HARMAN and Messrs. FORD, McCOLLUM, LIPINSKI, and POSHARD changed 
their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  Ms. WOOLSEY, and Messrs. WISE, FATTAH, GUTIERREZ, WEXLER, 
BLAGOJEVICH, BRADY of Pennsylvania, DELAHUNT, LEVIN, WAXMAN, COYNE, Ms. 
KAPTUR, and Mr. GORDON changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``present.''
  Mr. GREEN and Mr. SANDLIN changed their vote from ``present'' to 
``yea.''
  So (two-thirds not having voted in favor thereof) the joint 
resolution was not passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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