[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 30 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H755-H760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF
ACT OF 2001
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Fossella).
Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Reynolds) for yielding me the time, and evidently what I was about to
say was so profound that the other side of the aisle wanted to adjourn
and go home, and I can understand that, not that they wanted me to
embarrass myself.
Today, Mr. Speaker, we ask ourselves a very fundamental question, do
we believe in the power and the spirit of the American people? Do we
believe in their ability to create new jobs? Do we believe that they
should have the freedom to spend as much money as they see fit on their
lives, on their families, on their small businesses or do we maintain
and continue the position that whatever money comes to Washington,
regardless of how much it is, should be spent by folks here in
Washington?
The proposition is clear, the issue is clear. Now is the time, and it
is long overdue, to send that money back to the American people for the
refund they deserve so they can spend it on their kids' education,
putting more people to work, on a vacation, a new car, whatever it is.
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Mr. Speaker, if we stand for freedom, if we stand for empowering
people, this is the way to do it.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Harman).
Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts
(Mr. Moakley) for yielding me the time.
Mr. Speaker, here are some unemployment statistics from cities in my
district: Redondo Beach, 2.7 percent; Manhattan Beach, 1.9 percent; Los
Angeles, 5.4 percent, and Torrance, 3.1 percent. Pretty good, huh?
How did we get here? Part of it is the ingenuity of the private
sector. The other part is the successful Federal efforts to balance the
budget in a balanced way. I am a veteran of the budget wars. I voted
for the 1993 Budget Act, Penny-Kasich, to cut $90 billion in spending,
the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, the 1997 Budget Act.
Though my family and I would benefit from the bill before us, now is
not the time. I join the Blue Dogs in insisting on a budget first. I
want unemployment to stay low. That will only happen if we do not pass
a tax cut until we know we can afford it.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Arkansas (Mr. Ross).
Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I support the largest tax cut possible, but I
want to see a budget first. The law requires it, and as a small
business owner, I demand it. We need to pay down the debt. It is out of
control, nearly $6 trillion.
The American people deserve to know that our government is spending
over $1 billion a day simply paying interest on the debt, some $360
billion every single year.
Mr. Speaker, I want to see in a budget how we pay down that debt. I
want to see in a budget how we save Social Security, how we modernize
Medicare to include medicine for our seniors. I want us to recognize
and admit to the American people that while we had a surplus yesterday
or last year, it is only $8 billion, when you take all the trust fund
monies, the Social Security, the Medicare, military retiree, Federal
employee retiree trust funds out of the equation.
Mr. Speaker, $8 billion only pays 6 days of interest on the national
debt. I want a tax cut. I want a budget first. I want to save Social
Security. I want to pay down the debt.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Turner).
Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, the House is being asked today to do
something that no family or no business in this country would do, and
that is embark on major financial decisions without first having a
budget. The Congressional Budget Act was passed for the purpose of
requiring this Congress to act on a budget first. Irrespective of the
technicalities, clearly the spirit of the Budget Act is being violated
here today.
The 33 members of the Blue Dog Democrat Coalition are working hard
today to send the message to all of our friends in this House that it
is important to have a budget first. Democrats want the largest tax cut
we can afford, but how in the world do you know how large a tax cut you
can afford until you first go through a budget process?
It matters not what budget I am for. It matters not what budget the
President is for. It matters not what budget you are for. The process
is that we all work together. We debate it out, and we vote and we have
a budget. And when you do, you then know how big a tax cut you can
afford.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Kansas (Mr. Moore).
Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I want a tax cut. And I voted with the
majority party twice last year for tax cuts, marriage penalty relief
and estate tax relief. This is not and should not be a partisan issue.
People on both sides of the aisle want tax cuts. The real question is
how do we do this responsibly and how do we deliver to the American
people what we should give them. I hear over and over from my friends
on the other side of the aisle there is a surplus; what there is, in
fact, is a projected surplus. Big difference, big difference, a
projected surplus of $5.6 trillion over the next 10 years.
Mr. Speaker, just last Monday, the weather projection was 12 inches
of snow in Washington, D.C. It did not materialize. Twelve inches of
snow did not materialize, and I hope that the projections for the
economy for the next 10 years are better than the weather predictions,
but we cannot count on that. If we are going to be responsible, I think
what we should do is wait to see if some of these projected surpluses
actually materialize before we start spending this money.
Mr. Speaker, right now we have placed a $5.7 trillion mortgage on the
future of our children and grandchildren. I think we have some
responsibility to our children, as well as to taxpayers in this
country, to balance this out. Yes, if these projections come true, we
can and should have significant tax cuts. We can and should
significantly pay down our national debt.
I agree with the President's priorities, and I think you are going to
find broad support with the President's priorities in the areas of
education, defense and prescription drug benefits, but we must be
responsible. If we are not, we are going to put our country back in a
hole that we have just climbed out of from 30 years of deficit
spending.
Let us do the right thing. Let us do the bipartisan thing and do a
budget first.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Manzullo).
Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Committee on Small
Business, I urge all of my colleagues to vote yes on H.R. 3.
The vast majority of small businesses are sole proprietors, S
corporations and partnerships, yet they pay individual taxes anywhere
from 15 percent to as high as 39.6 percent. The National Federation of
Independent Businesses surveyed some of its members. Two full volumes
of responses came back, one of those from Fabiola Francisco in our
Nation's capital, who is a small business owner earning $36,000 a year
with two young sons. She mirrors thousands of small business
entrepreneurs throughout the Nation.
Most of the recipients or most of the people who responded to the
NFIB survey said if their taxes are reduced, they would spend the money
they save to obtain health benefits for their employees.
This tax cut makes sense, because for the small business people, it
allows them to keep more money from the Federal Government and to give
that money to their hard-working employees.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I urge defeat of the previous question. If the previous
question is defeated, I will offer an amendment to the rule to require
that Congress first adopt the budget resolution for fiscal year 2002
before the House takes up this tax bill.
We need a budget first to see if we can afford this level of tax
relief and still pay down the debt, reform education, modernize our
school buildings and reduce class size.
Mr. Speaker, can we afford this trillion dollar tax bill and still
give our senior citizens the opportunity not to have to choose between
paying for food or paying for their prescription drugs? Can we still
shore up Social Security and Medicare and pay down the debt?
Mr. Speaker, I urge a no vote on the previous question.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to put the text of my amendment
in the Record immediately before the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, as I conclude my remarks, we then will have a vote, and
if you support tax relief, you vote for the rule. If you do not want
tax relief, you vote against it.
Mr. Speaker, I yield the remaining time to the gentleman from
California
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(Mr. Dreier), the chairman of the Committee on Rules.
(Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, what a terrific week this is for the
American people. Just yesterday, we were able in a bipartisan way to
reduce the onerous regulatory burden imposed on them, jeopardizing
economic growth, and today we are going to have the opportunity to
allow them to keep more of their own hard earned money.
In just 47 days, President Bush has done a phenomenal job of changing
the makeup here in Washington. I am very pleased that again in a
bipartisan way, Democrats and Republicans alike, are talking about the
importance of reducing the tax burden on working Americans.
Mr. Speaker, I happen to believe that the plan that we have put
forward is by far and away the best one, because it is geared towards
economic growth. It is geared towards fairness, and it is geared
towards removing barriers to the middle class.
I have been fascinated over the past hour to listen to the attempt by
many to rewrite the history of the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan was
President. If you go back and look at what happened when the Economic
Recovery Tax Act of 1981 was passed, we were able to double the flow of
revenues to the Federal Treasury by reducing a tax burden. Many people
said look at the deficits at the end of the 1980s.
The fact of the matter is if you take defense out of the mix, if we
had simply had a freeze on domestic spending, a freeze on domestic
spending at the rate of inflation during the 1980s, by 1989, when
Ronald Reagan retired from the White House, we would have had a $250
billion surplus at that point.
We have to realize that article 1, section 7 makes it very clear,
taxing and spending emanates right here in the House of
Representatives. So we need to do everything that we possibly can to
make sure that we put into place this plan to allow the American people
to keep more of their hard earned money, to encourage economic growth,
and to bring about as much fairness as we possibly can.
This rule is very fair. We make in order the Democratic substitute. I
hope very much that we will be able to have bipartisan support for it,
and I know we will when it comes to bringing about this reduction in
the tax burden.
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this fair rule. It
is unfortunate that so many of my Democrat colleagues can't seem to put
down last week's talking points. This rule gives them two--not one as
they had inappropriately feared--bites at the apple. We will have a
full and fair debate on their vision of tax relief and one on ours. But
now that we have fully accommodated their request for two bites, they
play the ``bait and switch'' on how long we will debate this bill. It
is transparently partisan and obstructionist and I doubt that the
American people will be fooled.
The folks I represent don't want us to sit here and talk and talk and
talk about tax relief. They want us to act. President Bush made tax
relief for all Americans one of the hallmarks of his campaign. He stuck
with it when the beltway elites said it was wrong. Or couldn't be done.
And now as President he has kept his word and forwarded a responsible
proposal that provides tax cuts, pays down the national debt and
ensures the availability of Medicare and Social Security.
Today Congress will take the first step to utilize part of the non
Social Security surplus for the benefit of our taxpayers. H.R. 3
represents the core of President Bush's plan. The implementation of
H.R. 3 would provide a savings of $958 million over ten years--
including a $360 return for couples as early as 2001. In fact,
taxpayers in my home state of Florida will get to keep $48 million
dollars more of their own money.
H.R. 3 provides the right balance in reducing marginal tax rates.
While all five brackets are collapsed into 4 lower ones, H.R. 3 moves
folks in the lowest 15 percent bracket to 10 percent retroactively,
giving them a benefit immediately. In fact, for my Democrat friends who
suggest this will not help lower income Americans, I would point out
that 48 million Americans will pay no Federal income taxes at all in
2001 as a result of our action.
It is a basic debate we are having today and it does not take a long
time to figure out where you stand. Do you stand on the side of working
Americans who have seen their incomes rise only to be further
eradicated by a tax system that discourages achievement? Or do you
choose the ``politics of the past'' * * * class warfare disguised as
fiscal responsibility?
I commend Chairman Thomas for his leadership in moving this important
legislation in such a timely manner. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the rule
and a strong yes on final passage.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition of the
rule for H.R. 3 which provides for only one amendment to this major
piece of legislation. The Republican Leadership has simply pushed this
legislation to the floor with irresponsible tax proposals that will
exceed $2 trillion. I must oppose this rule which prevents many of my
concerned colleagues from even offering amendments to a tax plan that
overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans.
Mr. Speaker, these tax cuts would go to one percent of taxpayers with
the highest incomes--a group whose incomes have soared in recent years
and have risen much more rapidly than the incomes of the rest of the
population--and would exceed the new resources proposed for all other
national priorities combined.
The bill reduces Federal revenues by $958.2 billion over 10 years,
and represents the first installment of President Bush's proposed $1.62
trillion tax cut plan, accounting for 60 percent of the total cost of
the President's proposal. If enacted, Mr. Speaker, it would effect the
first reduction in Federal income tax rates since 1981.
The net effect of these changes, however, would have a number of
adverse consequences for Americans. For example, a third to one-half of
children in many States live in families that would not receive any tax
reduction from the President's tax proposal, according to a new
analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In 12 States
plus the District of Columbia, at least 40 percent of children live in
such families. The analysis uses Census Bureau data to estimate, on a
State-by-State basis, the number of families' incomes are too low for
them to owe Federal Bush plan because these families' incomes are too
low for them to owe Federal income taxes. The large majority of these
families, however, work and pay payroll taxes and other taxes
unaffected by President Bush's proposal. H.R. 3 reduces only income
taxes and taxes on large estates.
This legislation simply is inadequate because substantial numbers of
children in every state would not benefit from the President's plan.
Some states would have especially high numbers of unaffected children.
These states include my state of Texas (2.3 million children
unaffected), California (3.7 million), New York (1.9 million), and
Florida (1.2 million). In each of another eight states with at least
half a million children would gain nothing from H.R. 3, the proposed
tax plan.
Nationwide, an estimated 12.2 million low-and moderate-income
families with children--31.5 percent of all families with children--
would not receive any tax reduction from the Bush proposal. This
funding is consistent with independent analysis conducted by the
researchers from the Brookings Institution, the Urban Institute, and
the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The vast majority of the
excluded families include workers.
The tax plan under consideration would squander all of the funds
necessary for critical investments in the future. We cannot afford to
forgo a surplus that needs to be used for education, prescription
drugs, and ensuring the solvency of Social Security and Medicare.
For these reasons, I look forward to supporting the Democratic
Substitute that provides immediate and fair tax relief for middle
income families and is also fiscally responsible. A new 12 percent tax
bracket would be created, thereby giving an across-the-board rate cut
for all Americans--but one which will overwhelmingly benefit middle
income taxpayers.
The tax plan numbers contained in H.R. 3 just do not add up, and the
surplus estimates that have been used are completely unreliable.
Accordingly, I want to urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 3 and support
the Democratic Substitute that will be offered.
Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this rule which violates U.S.
House Budget principles by allowing consideration of a tax proposal
prior to the adoption of a budget resolution.
The President's tax cuts are too big, are based on fuzzy math and
unreliable long-term economic projections, unfairly favor the very
wealthy, provide absolutely no benefit for many low-wage earners,
provide limited economic benefits for the next five years, fail to
adequately protect Social Security and Medicare, and are being
considered before the House adopts a budget in violation of budget laws
and common sense economic planning principles.
If we choose wisely, we can provide sensible tax relief for all
Americans, we can pay down the national debt, and we can invest in the
priorities of the American people and the people of the First District
of North Carolina--providing quality educational opportunities for all
of our children, providing prescription drugs
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for our senior citizens so that they do not have to make the tough
choice of buying medicine or buying food, supporting our hard working
farmers, fighting the scourge of child poverty, and strengthening our
social security systems so Americans can rest easy today confident in a
secure retirement tomorrow.
But I am concerned that we will squander this opportunity before
having a serious debate about priorities.
President Bush talks about taking down the toll booth to the middle
class, but is this what his tax plan would really do? A closer look at
who would benefit from the President's proposal reveals that, rather
than taking down the toll booth to the middle class, the President's
tax plan simply puts the wealth on the express lane to the bank. Under
President Bush's proposed plan:
The top one percent would receive between 36-43 percent of the tax
cut. This is more than the bottom 80 percent combined would receive.
They would receive 29 percent of the tax cut.
The top one percent of the population would receive an average cut of
$39,000 dollars--that's twice as much as the median household income in
some of the countes in my district.
According to the Treasury Department, the top 1 percent of the
population pays 20 percent of all Federal taxes under current law.
Although the President claims that low and moderate income working
families receive the largest percentage tax reduction, such claims are
based only on income taxes. In fact, these families pay more in Federal
payroll taxes than they do in income taxes. Therefore a large
percentage of a very low tax liability, one based only on income tax,
is not really much assistance at all.
This means that there will be little benefit to the counties of the
First Congressional district. In Warren County North Carolina, the
average family makes just under $17,000 a year. But under President
Bush's proposal, a family of four wouldn't benefit unless their income
was $25,000 or higher.
The chilling grip of poverty touches too many of our children. I'm
saddened that when people talk about a tax plan which, rather than
leaving no child behind, leaves behind 24 million children, including
over 6 million black children. When we talk seriously about sensible
tax relief for all Americans, should we be considering tax cuts that
would not even affect half of black children?
There is money for sensible and just tax relief. But tax relief, like
everything that we do, should follow the principle of ``fairness for
all.''
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the previous
question amendment to House Resolution 83, as follows:
Previous Question Amendment to House Resolution 83 To Be Offered by
Representative Moakley
On page 1, line 1, strike ``That upon the adoption of this
resolution'' and insert ``That upon the adoption by Congress of a
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 2002''.
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. MATHESON. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on the
question of adopting the resolution and on any incidental question.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220,
noes 204, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 37]
AYES--220
Aderholt
Akin
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bereuter
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Bryant
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Coble
Collins
Combest
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Everett
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Fossella
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Grucci
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Isakson
Istook
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kerns
Kilpatrick
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McKeon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Riley
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Simmons
Simpson
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Traficant
Upton
Vitter
Walden
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--204
Abercrombie
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldacci
Baldwin
Barcia
Barrett
Becerra
Bentsen
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank
Frost
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas (KY)
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Mascara
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Phelps
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thurman
Tierney
Towns
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOT VOTING--8
Ackerman
Issa
Lewis (CA)
Peterson (PA)
Pickering
Shows
Skelton
Stupak
{time} 1313
Mr. BERMAN changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Motion to Reconsider Offered by Mr. John
Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote by which the
previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Did the gentleman vote on
the prevailing side?
Mr. JOHN. Yes, Mr. Speaker.
Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Reynolds
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the motion to reconsider on
the table.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Reynolds) to lay on the table the motion
to reconsider the vote offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr.
John).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 217,
noes 205, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 38]
AYES--217
Aderholt
Akin
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bereuter
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Bryant
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Coble
Collins
Combest
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Everett
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Fossella
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Grucci
Gutknecht
Hansen
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Isakson
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kerns
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McKeon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Riley
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Simmons
Simpson
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Traficant
Upton
Vitter
Walden
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--205
Abercrombie
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldacci
Baldwin
Barcia
Barrett
Becerra
Bentsen
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank
Frost
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas (KY)
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Mascara
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Phelps
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thurman
Tierney
Towns
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOT VOTING--10
Ackerman
Cubin
Issa
Lewis (CA)
McDermott
Morella
Nussle
Shows
Skelton
Stupak
{time} 1324
Mr. DELAHUNT changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. KING changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
personal explanation
Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, on Rollcall Nos. 37-38 I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). The question is on the
resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220,
noes 204, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 39]
AYES--220
Aderholt
Akin
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bereuter
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Bryant
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Coble
Collins
Combest
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Everett
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Fossella
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Grucci
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kerns
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McKeon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pence
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Riley
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Simmons
Simpson
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Traficant
Upton
Vitter
Walden
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--204
Abercrombie
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldacci
Baldwin
Barcia
Barrett
Becerra
Bentsen
Berkley
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Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank
Frost
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas (KY)
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Mascara
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Phelps
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thurman
Tierney
Towns
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOT VOTING--8
Ackerman
Callahan
Cubin
Larson (CT)
Lewis (CA)
Shows
Skelton
Stupak
{time} 1333
So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 39, I was
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Without objection, a motion
to reconsider is laid on the table.
Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I object.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
Motion to Reconsider Offered by Ms. Pryce of Ohio
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote just
taken.
Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Reynolds
Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the motion to reconsider
the vote.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Reynolds) to lay on the table the motion
to reconsider offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Pryce).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 221,
noes 197, not voting 14.
[Roll No. 40]
AYES--221
Aderholt
Akin
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bereuter
Biggert
Bilirakis
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Bryant
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Coble
Collins
Combest
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Crenshaw
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Everett
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Fossella
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Graham
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Grucci
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Isakson
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kerns
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McKeon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Morella
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Riley
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer
Schrock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Simmons
Simpson
Skeen
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Traficant
Upton
Vitter
Walden
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOES--197
Abercrombie
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldacci
Baldwin
Barcia
Barrett
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Carson (OK)
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Ford
Frank
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Lucas (KY)
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Mascara
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mink
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Phelps
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott
Serrano
Sherman
Sisisky
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Stenholm
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thurman
Tierney
Towns
Turner
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOT VOTING--14
Ackerman
Bentsen
Coyne
Cubin
Frost
Greenwood
Hinojosa
Largent
Lewis (CA)
Moakley
Shows
Skelton
Strickland
Stupak
{time} 1344
Mr. NUSSLE changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
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