[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H5584-H5585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the 
privileges of the House and offer the resolution I noticed on May 21, 
2007.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 428

       Whereas the Code of Official Conduct provides that a Member 
     ``may not condition the inclusion of language to provide 
     funding for a Congressional earmark . . . on any vote cast by 
     another member'';
       Whereas Chairman Reyes filed the Report to accompany the 
     bill H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2008;
       Whereas the report states that, with respect to the 
     requirements of clause 9 of House Rule XXI, ``The following 
     table provides the list of such provisions included in the 
     bill or report,'' and includes a table of 26 items 
     identifying ``Requesting Member,'' ``Subject,'' and ``Dollar 
     Amount (in Thousands)'';
       Whereas the referenced table includes an item denoted as: 
     Requesting Member, Mr. Murtha; Subject, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
     PROGRAM COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT--National Drug 
     Intelligence Center; Dollar Amount, $23 million;
       Whereas the Gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Rogers, offered 
     and voted for a motion to recommit the bill to change the 
     provisions of the aforementioned Murtha earmark during its 
     consideration in the House;
       Whereas as a result of Mr. Rogers' motion and vote on the 
     Murtha earmark, the Gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Murtha 
     subsequently threatened to withdraw support for earmarks 
     providing funding for projects located in the Gentleman from 
     Michigan's district;
       Whereas on May 17, 2007, in the House Chamber, the 
     Gentleman from Pennsylvania stated, in a loud voice words to 
     the effect, to the Gentleman from Michigan as a result of 
     offering and voting for the motion to recommit, ``I hope you 
     don't have any earmarks in the defense appropriation bill 
     because they are gone and you will not get any earmarks now 
     and forever.'';
       Whereas the Gentleman from Michigan responded, in words to 
     the effect, ``this is not the way we do things here and is 
     that supposed to make me afraid of you?'';
       Whereas the Gentleman from Pennsylvania raised his voice, 
     pointed his finger and stated, in words to the effect, 
     ``that's the way I do it.'';
       Whereas the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) is the 
     ninth most senior member of Congress, whose seniority ranks 
     him over 426 of his 433 colleagues in the House;
       Whereas the gentleman from Pennsylvania chairs the 
     Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense;
       Whereas the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), the 
     second-ranking and second longest serving Democrat on the 
     Appropriations Committee, has been described in numerous 
     media accounts as a master of the legislative process and an 
     expert on earmarks; and
       Whereas the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) has 
     stated that he is a former member of the House Committee on 
     Standards of Official Conduct, whose members are among the 
     most knowledgeable in the House concerning the ethical 
     obligations of Members of Congress: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Member from Pennsylvania, Mr. Murtha has 
     been guilty of a violation of the Code of Official Conduct 
     and merits the reprimand of the House for the same.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution presents a question of 
privilege.


                  Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Hoyer

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the resolution on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 219, 
noes 189, answered ``present'' 13, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 402]

                               AYES--219

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murphy, Tim
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--189

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Fallin
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt

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     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--13

     Barrett (SC)
     Bonner
     Delahunt
     Gilchrest
     Green, Gene
     Hastings (WA)
     Jones (NC)
     Kline (MN)
     Matheson
     McCaul (TX)
     Roybal-Allard
     Shuler
     Snyder

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Baird
     Berkley
     Brown, Corrine
     DeGette
     Hunter
     Jones (OH)
     Kirk
     McMorris Rodgers
     Putnam
     Shays
     Walsh (NY)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised there 
are 2 minutes remaining on the vote.

                              {time}  1710

  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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