[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 136 (Wednesday, October 16, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H7960-H7963]
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          FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2003

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the rule just adopted, 
I call up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 123) making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The text of H.J. Res. 123 is as follows:
H.J. Res. 123
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public 
     Law 107-229 is further amended by striking the date specified 
     in section 107(c) and inserting in lieu thereof ``November 
     22, 2002.''

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 585, the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Obey) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young).
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the continuing resolution is identical to the one we 
passed last week with the exception of the date change. As a matter of 
fact, the date in this CR is the one we started with last week but it 
was amended, as we recall, during the consideration of the rule. It 
would extend the CR until November 22, which would give the House an 
opportunity to finish some other unfinished business, would give the 
House an opportunity to wait upon the other body to send some of our 
legislation back to us that we have sent to them, and it maintains all 
of the other anomalies and provisions that the original CR included. 
Nothing new, no new starts.
  And I would say that I would like the Members to listen to this: 
Despite the fact we suggest November 22, it does not mean that the 
House will not be in session, because it is my understanding that the 
House will be in session for some unfinished business dealing with the 
other body.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I do not think we need a lot of debate on this. It 
is not a tax bill. It is not any kind of a bill other than a bill to 
extend the date of the CR to November 22. That will follow the 
elections, that will follow the reorganizational time that we have here 
in the Congress right after the election. It will give us time to 
proceed with and hopefully conclude our appropriations business.
  For some of those who spoke earlier on the rule who were concerned 
about a long-term CR into the next Congress, I have resisted that. I am 
resisting it today and I will continue to resist it. That is not a good 
plan for us. But this resolution today to take us into November, 
following the election is a good plan; and, Mr. Speaker, I hope that we 
can expedite the consideration.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman).
  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, as we limp out of this Congress with an 
embarrassing budget debacle, I want to spend a few minutes talking 
about an issue the Republican leadership wants to sweep under the rug: 
how their fiscal mismanagement is imperiling the Social Security 
program.
  The Federal budget has become an enormous mess. Before the Bush 
administration took office, independent budget experts were predicting 
a $3 trillion surplus over the next 10 years. Now experts are saying 
that under the President's budget we will have a deficit of over $2 
trillion. This is the largest and most rapid decline in the Federal 
budget since the Depression. The mismanagement is so egregious it is 
breathtaking.
  Most Americans do not realize how the government pays for the 
deficit, but here is what happens: The government raids the Social 
Security trust fund. Let me repeat this. The Federal Government is 
going to run a deficit of over $2 trillion over the next 10 years. And 
to pay for this deficit, the government is going to borrow over $2 
trillion from the reserves in the Social Security trust fund. They are 
going to raid your retirement nest egg to pay for subsidies for the 
energy companies, tax breaks for wealthy corporate executives.
  What does this mean to you? If you have a pay stub handy, all you 
have to do is take a look at the FICA deduction. This FICA deduction is 
what you pay into Social Security. Over the next 10 years one-third of 
what you contribute to Social Security through your FICA deductions is 
going to be borrowed by the government to pay for its operating 
expenses. That is your money. It is supposed to go into the Social 
Security trust fund to build up a reserve for when the baby boomers 
retire, but instead it is going to be squandered to pay for last year's 
tax cuts and other government spending.
  But it gets worse. The Federal Government is supposed to repay 
everything it borrows from the Social Security trust fund. In fact, the 
law says the full faith and credit of the United States is backing it. 
But listen to what Republican leaders are saying about their intent to 
repay the trust funds. Here is what the Republican majority leader, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) said in a memo to House Republicans 
last year: ``The hard truth is the Social Security trust fund is empty. 
It is a mere accounting device.''
  Here is what the President's spokesman said less than 3 months ago: 
``Employees who contribute to Social Security will get nothing in 
return.''
  And here is what Republican Senator Phil Gramm said: ``There is no 
Social Security trust fund. It is a total fraud.'' The Social Security 
trust fund consists of ``worthless IOUs.''
  The fact is they have no plan to repay the Social Security trust 
fund. In fact, we cannot even get our act together to pass a budget for 
next year.
  Now, here is a question for my Republican colleagues: As you struggle 
to deal with the mess you have made of the Federal budget, are you 
going to repay that Social Security fund? As you force millions of 
Americans to lend their FICA money to the government, how are you going 
to keep faith with them? How are you going to pay them back? What is 
your long-term plan?
  Mr. Speaker, I introduced legislation earlier this year with the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) and the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Matsui) which would require that the Federal Government repay 
Social Security. The bill is H.R. 5252, the Social Security 
Preservation Act. Not a single Republican Member has co-sponsored that 
bill. What is happening is a scandal, but my Republican colleagues do 
not want you to know about it.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

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  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
  Mr. Speaker, what is now becoming our weekly song and dance, passage 
of yet another continuing resolution, sounds more like Republican 
failure to me.
  The gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nussle) and our friends on the other 
side of the aisle will no doubt march to this floor again today and 
fulminate about the other Chamber, and they are sure to boast: ``We 
have passed a budget.''
  Well, Democrats in the House have been waiting for the last 7 weeks 
for the Republican leadership to summon the courage of its convictions 
and to actually bring spending bills to this House floor that adhere to 
the GOP's budget resolution. We are still waiting to see your spending 
bill for Labor, Health and Education programs, because we want to know 
this: Do you still plan to cut the ``No Child Left Behind Act'' off at 
the knees? Do you? Do you still plan to wipe out programs that 
coordinate health care for the uninsured?
  Mr. Speaker, we want to know, with winter just around the corner, do 
you still plan to cut LIHEAP formula grants by nearly 18 percent? 
LIHEAP, of course, is low income energy assistance to poor people and 
seniors.
  Some of the very same Republicans who lectured us about the 
importance of voting on the Iraq resolution before the November 
elections have now cynically recoiled from letting voters know where 
they stand on Federal spending for health care, education and others 
priorities before the election. While the GOP continues to dither and 
delay, the American people suffer the consequences.
  The unemployment rate is up. The poverty rate is up. Federal and 
State budget deficits are exploding. Real wages are down. The number of 
Americans with health insurance is down, and the stock market has 
dropped like a rock over the last 18 months. Yet, the self-styled 
revolutionaries seem to have no idea what to do.
  For starters, we might extend unemployment insurance benefits to save 
those who are falling off, increase the minimum wage which has not been 
increased since 1996, and pass real pension reform. Failing to do that, 
Mr. Speaker, failing to do that much is nothing but a signal of 
failure.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 3 minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, this resolution would extend the budget until November 
22, past the election. What it means is that this House is giving up on 
its responsibilities to do the public's business. It means this House 
is willing to go home and say, no agriculture bill, no education 
budget, no housing budget, no science budget, no environmental budget, 
no drought relief, no extension of unemployment compensation, no way to 
fix the problems under Medicare for providers. They want to neglect all 
of that and then go home and say to their constituents, ``Oh, what a 
good boy am I. Reelect me again.''
  As far as I am concerned, Mr. Speaker, this is a spectacular 
conversation of impotence and incompetence. And I think that the public 
will take note of the fact that since Labor Day we have focused only on 
issues such as Iraq. But for the past 84 days this House has refused to 
do its basic business of passing the budget so that our localities 
would know what they are going to get by way of urban development 
grants; so that the NIH would know whether they are going to get the 15 
percent increase that both parties had promised them; and so that our 
school districts would know how to plan. All of that is going to go out 
the window because it is convenient for the majority party caucus to 
get out of town so that they can hide from the public the choices they 
would make on education, on agriculture, on environment.

                              {time}  1830

  What a wonderful record. What a wonderful approach when you are 
asking the country to renew your lease for another 2 years on this 
Chamber. This is indeed a pitiful performance.
  We will shortly have a choice before us. I will have a motion to 
recommit which, instead of delaying all of these decisions until 
November 22, will simply say that we will extend the budget until next 
Monday. That will keep us in town doing the public's business. You will 
have a chance to vote on that recommittal versus the base resolution. 
If you vote for the base resolution, you will be getting out of town 
without doing your work. If you vote for my recommittal motion, you 
will be voting to do your work before getting out of town. The choice 
is up to every Member of this body.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of the 
time merely to say that again this is a continuation of the same CR 
that we passed last week. It merely extends the date. It is not a 
political document. It merely keeps the government functioning until we 
can get back to this House to continue our work on the appropriations 
process, the appropriations process which is alive and well, despite 
the fact that the budget process died before it concluded its business.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). All time for debate has 
expired.
  The joint resolution is considered as having been read for amendment.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 585, the previous question is ordered on 
the joint resolution.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the joint 
resolution.
  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, and was read the third time.


                 Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Obey

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the joint 
resolution?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I certainly am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Obey moves to recommit the joint resolution H.J. Res. 
     123 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to 
     report the same back to the House forthwith with the 
     following amendment:
       On line 5, strike ``thereof `November 22, 2002'.'' and 
     insert ``thereof `October 21, 2002'.''

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, the choice is simple. If you think we ought to 
stay here and complete our work before we go home and campaign for 
reelection, you will vote for this recommittal motion which extends the 
CR to next Monday. If you want to bug out of town without meeting your 
responsibilities and pretend to your constituents that you have done 
your job, then you will vote against it and you will vote for this 
underlying resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Florida claim the 
time in opposition to the motion to recommit?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I do, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is recognized.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I would simply say that this 
extends the CR until next Monday. That really is not workable, and I 
want to assure the Members that the fact that we adopt a CR that goes 
to beyond the election does not mean that the House will not be here, 
because the House will be here continuing to do other legislative 
matters, in addition to waiting on the other body to pass some of the 
legislation that we have sent to them.
  Mr. Speaker, with a strong objection and a strong hope for a strong 
``no'' vote on the motion to recommit, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. OBEY. 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.

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  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes 
the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 194, 
nays 210, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 469]

                               YEAS--194

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (IN)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ford
     Frank
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     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
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Luther
     Lynch
     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
     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
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Skelton
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Watson (CA)
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NAYS--210

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Coble
     Collins
     Condit
     Cox
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grucci
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hart
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Issa
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kerns
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Miller, Dan
     Miller, Jeff
     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
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schaffer
     Schrock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Toomey
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins (OK)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Baldacci
     Borski
     Carson (OK)
     Clayton
     Clement
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Cubin
     Delahunt
     Dooley
     Ehrlich
     Filner
     Ganske
     Graham
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     LaHood
     Larsen (WA)
     Maloney (CT)
     Manzullo
     Mica
     Miller, Gary
     Riley
     Roukema
     Rush
     Slaughter
     Stump
     Waters

                              {time}  1916

  Messrs. SAXTON, SENSENBRENNER, BARTLETT of Maryland, HOEKSTRA, 
CANNON, BASS, HERGER, SHUSTER, Mrs. N0RTHUP, Messrs. ENGLISH, BOEHNER, 
PETERSON of Pennsylvania, CHABOT, SMITH of Michigan, DeLAY, Mrs. KELLY, 
and Messrs. LoBIONDO, HOBSON, PENCE and WALDEN of Oregon changed their 
vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. McDERMOTT, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Messrs. DINGELL, WAXMAN, 
OLVER, BROWN of Ohio, OBERSTAR, STARK and DICKS changed their vote from 
``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 469, I was conducting 
official business in my San Diego, California district. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, could I ask that the Clerk read the 
resolution? It is four lines long.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). Without objection, the Clerk 
will redo the third reading of the joint resolution.
  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Speaker, I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, is this the resolution that puts over all of 
our work until after the election?
  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 ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. OBEY. 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 228, 
noes 172, not voting 32, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 470]

                               AYES--228

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Berkley
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boozman
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Coble
     Collins
     Cox
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Everett
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Grucci
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hart
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kanjorski
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kerns
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Mascara
     Matheson
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Miller, Dan
     Miller, Jeff
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Otter
     Oxley
     Paul
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton

[[Page H7963]]


     Schaffer
     Schrock
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Toomey
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins (OK)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--172

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson (IN)
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green (TX)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Honda
     Hooley
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Moran (KS)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Skelton
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Watson (CA)
     Watt (NC)
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu

                             NOT VOTING--32

     Baldacci
     Borski
     Carson (OK)
     Clayton
     Clement
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Cubin
     Delahunt
     Dooley
     Ehrlich
     Filner
     Frank
     Ganske
     Graham
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     LaHood
     Larsen (WA)
     Maloney (CT)
     Manzullo
     Mica
     Miller, Gary
     Riley
     Roukema
     Rush
     Slaughter
     Stump
     Waters
     Waxman

                              {time}  2000

  So the joint resolution was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 470, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Stated against:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker on rollcall No. 470, I was conducting 
official business in my San Diego, California district. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``no.''

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