[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H2096-H2100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Simpson) (during the vote). The Chair
will remind Members that there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.
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Messrs. BARTLETT of Maryland, BARRETT of South Carolina, SHAYS,
INSLEE, PICKERING, BONILLA, ENGLISH, FRANKS of Arizona, NEY, PORTMAN,
DAVIS of Tennessee, HALL, CRAMER and BISHOP of New York and Mrs. JO ANN
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. DEUTSCH, Ms. SLAUGHTER,
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, and Mr. TOWNS changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Mrs. McCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. BONO
and Mr. GUTIERREZ changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). Pursuant to clause 6 of rule
XVIII, the remaining question will be conducted as a 5-minute vote.
Amendment No. 5 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. Nadler
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on amendment No. 5 in the nature of a substitute offered
by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) on which further
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice
vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 128,
noes 296, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 72]
AYES--128
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baldwin
Ballance
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dingell
Doggett
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Green (TX)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hoeffel
Holt
Honda
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kennedy (RI)
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
Lantos
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Portman
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Solis
Strickland
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
NOES--296
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Bell
Bereuter
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole
Collins
Combest
Cooper
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
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DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holden
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Janklow
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kildee
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Lampson
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Lynch
Manzullo
Matheson
McCarthy (NY)
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Oberstar
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Upton
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Ruppersberger
NOT VOTING--9
Buyer
Carson (IN)
Dunn
Gephardt
Hyde
Kaptur
Ros-Lehtinen
Stark
Udall (CO)
Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised that
2 minutes remain in this vote, 2 minutes remain in this vote.
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Mr. WELLER changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. INSLEE changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. There being no further amendment in order,
the question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute, as amended.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended,
was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
LaTourette) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, Chairman pro tempore
of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 975)
to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes,
pursuant to House Resolution 147, he reported the bill back to the
House with an amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is
ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute adopted by the Committee of the
Whole? If not, the question is on the amendment.
The amendment was agreed to.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
Motion to Recommit Offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill?
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I am, Mr. Speaker, in its present form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R.
975 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to
report the same back to the House forthwith with the
following amendment:
Insert after section 220 the following:
SEC. 220A. PROTECTING ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FROM
COMPETITION WITH NEW CREDITOR ENTITLEMENTS.
The amendments made by section 306(b) (limiting cramdowns),
by section 310 (presumption of non-discharge status for
luxury goods and cash advances), and by section 314 (non-
discharge status for credit cards used to pay taxes) of this
Act may be waived by the court in any case in which the court
determines the amendment involved would impair the ability of
the debtor to pay any domestic support obligations (as
defined in section 101 of title 11 of the United States
Code).
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that the motion to recommit be considered as read and printed
in the Record.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Wisconsin?
There was no objection.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Pursuant to the rule, the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) is recognized for 5 minutes in
support of her motion to recommit.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this is an amendment, whether
or not Members are for or against the bill in its present form, I hope
Members will consider very closely and very seriously. Interestingly
enough, with the economy in the backdrop of the passing of this
legislation, more and more citizens being laid off, and more and more
individual parents seeking both alimony and child support, this
legislation today does not fix the problem.
My amendment provides that a creditor should not receive any greater
protections under the bill, with regard to cramdown on car loans,
luxury goods purchases, cash advances or credit card debt used to pay
taxes if it would impair the debtor's ability to pay alimony or child
support. There are 180,000 individuals who are owing either child
support or alimony as we speak, and the number grows, whether it be
male or female.
The amendment does nothing to impair the current legal position of
the creditors. It merely states that before we give them greater
protection than they now enjoy, we need to ensure that alimony and
child care are protected. Surely this is something that this body could
agree on in fairness and equity, and it makes good sense.
What is the rush to judgment to pass this bankruptcy bill in light of
the fact that 300,000 people are laid off, a huge growing deficit, and
the people of America crying out for some relief, that provides them
with opportunities for jobs and survival? This bill needs to be fixed,
and it needs to help those who are supporting children on their own,
who have experienced a divorce, catastrophic illnesses, whatever causes
them to be in need of these monies that they are not able to fight for.
As currently written, the bill massively increases the amount of
funds being paid to unsecured creditors. The problem is such payments
will often come at the expense of other less aggressive creditors, such
as women and children owed alimony and child support. This problem is
by no means insignificant given that an estimated 300,000 men and women
owing child or spousal support file for bankruptcy each year.
The other side of the aisle will say this is not a problem because
they have made child support and alimony the first priority. But the
problem still exists. The debtor emerges from bankruptcy. He will be
burdened by the
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massive credit card debts and unsecured car loans, and they cannot be
discharged under this bill. Guess who will be left in the dump, and
that is those needing alimony and child support with no resources.
Mr. Speaker, I cannot imagine that we would not support repairing
this bill. I ask my colleagues to support the motion to recommit.
Mr. Speaker, I offer this amendment to address the bill's adverse
impact on the payment of domestic support obligations.
My amendment provides that a creditor should not receive any greater
protections under the bill with regard to cramdowns on car loans,
luxury good purchases, cash advances, or credit card debt used to pay
taxes if it would impair the debtor's ability to pay alimony or child
support. The amendment does nothing to impair the current legal
position of the creditors. It merely states that before we give them
greater protection than they now enjoy, we need to make sure that
alimony and child care are protected. Surely this is something that we
can all agree is fair and makes good sense.
As currently written, the bill massively increases the amount of
funds being paid to unsecured creditors. The problem is such payments
will often come at the expense of other, less-aggressive creditors,
such as women and children owed alimony and child support. This problem
is by no means insignificant given that an estimated 300,000 men owing
child or spousal support file for bankruptcy each year.
Now, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will no doubt claim
this is not a problem, because they have made child support and alimony
the first priority in bankruptcy. But the problem is that after the
debtor emerges from bankruptcy, he will still be burdened by massive
credit card debts and unsecured car loans--they can't be discharged any
more under the bill. And who do you think the debtor will pay--his
credit card company, with high paid lawyers filing all sorts of motions
or threats, or his ex-spouse?
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter)
who has historical knowledge about the devastation of leaving language
out of the legislation that is in the motion to recommit.
Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to give a little history, if
I may. I have worked through three legislatures trying to do something
about children under the poverty line, the vast majority of them there
because alimony was not paid. Indeed, we had a whole phraseology, the
deadbeat dad, concerning ourselves with children who had no recourse.
We tried a lot of remedies on the county and State levels, and some
worked pretty well. But the best thing we did was 9 years ago, we went
to the Committee on the Judiciary under Jack Brooks and asked him to
make certain that child support took precedence over other debts,
including credit cards.
Mr. Speaker, it has made a massive difference in the economic status
of children who are the sorrowful price of divorce. For 9 years it has
worked well, and I want to say that 9 years ago it was bipartisan, and
I think there was not a voice spoken against this raised in the House
of Representatives. But suddenly now 9 years later, we decide that
credit card companies are more important than our children and where
they are going to be able to eat and wear clothes and have a roof over
their head.
Mr. Speaker, this matters to a lot of us. Children are going to
suffer if credit cards takes precedence over all other debts. I doubt
there was a deadbeat dad. I used to think there was someone struggling
out there who had to pay his credit card first before he could help out
his children. For heaven's sake, let us not go back to that. It has
worked for 9 years. It will not hurt the bill. Do not give credit cards
the last word in the United States as to who gets to eat. It is
outrageous when it comes to children and people who are totally
dependent that may have to be sitting about waiting until after the
credit card companies, which make enormous amounts of money with their
large interest, get taken care of.
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, do not leave women and
children out in the cold. That is why many women's groups oppose this
legislation, such as the National Women's Law Center and the Family Law
Section of the American Bar Association. We can reform the bankruptcy
laws without leaving spouses and children out in the cold. That is what
my amendment does. I ask my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the motion to
recommit, joined by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), and the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Lofgren).
Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr.
Sensenbrenner) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, this motion is offered by people who
have historically been in opposition to bankruptcy reform. What this
bill does is it increases the priority for unpaid child support from
seventh priority to first priority, and if the other side of the aisle
gets their way and this bill goes down, unpaid child support stays at
seventh priority, and that ought to be one reason and one reason alone
to vote down this motion to recommit.
The National Child Support Enforcement Association says that these
reforms are crucial to the collection of child support during
bankruptcy. The motion to recommit creates a major loophole with
respect to antifraud provisions. Section 310, which this motion
modifies, deals with debtors who are on the eve of filing for
bankruptcy who acquire luxury goods and cash advances.
Under this proposal, a debtor could avoid section 310 by asserting
that it would impair the debtor's ability to pay a domestic support
obligation. The President of the National Child Support Enforcement
Association, in dealing with an identical provision in last year's
bankruptcy bill, said, ``H.R. 333 would provide these children with
first priority in the collection of support debt, allow the enforcement
of medical support obligations, prevent any interruption in the
otherwise efficient process of withholding earnings in the payment of
child support, and ensure that during the course of a consumer
bankruptcy, all support owed to the family would be paid and would be
paid timely, and would allow State court actions involving custody and
visitation, dissolution of marriage and domestic violence to proceed
without interference from bankruptcy court litigation.''
Vote ``no'' on this motion to recommit. A ``no'' vote is for the
protection of children. A ``no'' vote is for better enforcement of
support obligations, and vote ``yes'' on the bill which increases the
priority for unpaid support in bankruptcy to go from seventh priority
to first priority.
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.
Recorded Vote
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. 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 period of time within which a vote
by electronic device will be taken on the question of passage of the
bill.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 150,
noes 276, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 73]
AYES--150
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baldwin
Ballance
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Clay
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costello
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gephardt
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green (TX)
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hill
Hinchey
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley (OR)
Hoyer
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Lowey
Lynch
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moran (VA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
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Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rangel
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Sandlin
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
NOES--276
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Bell
Bereuter
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole
Collins
Combest
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Goode
Goodlatte
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Janklow
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Kanjorski
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
Matheson
McCarthy (NY)
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Menendez
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ross
Rothman
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Stearns
Stenholm
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Upton
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Ruppersberger
NOT VOTING--7
Buyer
Carson (IN)
Hyde
Kaptur
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Udall (CO)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette) (during the vote). The Chair
would advise all Members that there are 2 minutes remaining in this
vote.
{time} 1657
Mr. FORD changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. MORAN of Virginia and Mr. COSTELLO changed their vote from ``no''
to ``aye.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 315,
nays 113, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 74]
YEAS--315
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Ballenger
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Beauprez
Bell
Bereuter
Berkley
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burns
Burr
Burton (IN)
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardoza
Carson (OK)
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Clyburn
Coble
Cole
Collins
Combest
Cooper
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeLay
DeMint
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dooley (CA)
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Emerson
English
Etheridge
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Flake
Fletcher
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fossella
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Goss
Granger
Graves
Green (TX)
Green (WI)
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hinojosa
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hooley (OR)
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Inslee
Isakson
Israel
Issa
Istook
Janklow
Jefferson
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Lampson
Larsen (WA)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas (KY)
Lucas (OK)
Manzullo
Matheson
McCarthy (NY)
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Ortiz
Osborne
Ose
Otter
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ross
Rothman
Royce
Rush
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sandlin
Saxton
Schrock
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Strickland
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Tauscher
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Toomey
Towns
Turner (OH)
Turner (TX)
Upton
Vitter
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NAYS--113
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Baldwin
Ballance
Becerra
Berman
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Clay
Conyers
Costello
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gephardt
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hinchey
Hoeffel
Holden
Holt
Honda
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
Langevin
Lantos
Larson (CT)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Lowey
Lynch
Majette
Maloney
Markey
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNulty
Meehan
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Nadler
Napolitano
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Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Payne
Pelosi
Rangel
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sherman
Slaughter
Solis
Stark
Stupak
Tierney
Udall (NM)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Wexler
Woolsey
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Ruppersberger
NOT VOTING--5
Buyer
Carson (IN)
Hyde
Ros-Lehtinen
Udall (CO)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette) (during the vote). The Chair
reminds Members that there are less than 2 minutes remaining in this
vote.
{time} 1705
Mrs. JONES of Ohio changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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