[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 128 (Saturday, August 4, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H9718-H9719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MOTION TO ADJOURN

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to adjourn.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. WELCH of Vermont. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The yeas and nays are requested. Those 
favoring the yeas and nays will please rise.
  The Chair is counting for the yeas and nays.
  Mr. WELCH of Vermont. 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. A quorum is not required for an affirmative 
vote on a motion to adjourn.
  The Chair is counting for the yeas and nays.
  A sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Members will record their votes by electronic device.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Parliamentary Inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for a 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Could the Speaker tell me what the magic number was 
that rose in order to get a vote?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair's count is not subject to 
challenge. The Chair counted one-fifth of those present standing.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 136, 
nays 246, not voting 50, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 824]

                               YEAS--136

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Chabot
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Graves
     Hastings (WA)
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Knollenberg
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus

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     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Taylor
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Wamp
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--246

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castle
     Castor
     Chandler
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Fallin
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hall (TX)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hill
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Rohrabacher
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shays
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Space
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Sutton
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--50

     Abercrombie
     Bachmann
     Bono
     Carson
     Clarke
     Clay
     Coble
     Costa
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Doolittle
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Fortenberry
     Goode
     Hastert
     Hayes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Johnson, Sam
     Kaptur
     Klein (FL)
     Kline (MN)
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Mack
     Marchant
     McCaul (TX)
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mollohan
     Oberstar
     Paul
     Pence
     Radanovich
     Rangel
     Renzi
     Ruppersberger
     Saxton
     Skelton
     Souder
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1016

  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. RUSH and 
Ms. DeLAURO changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska and Mr. TURNER changed their vote from ``nay'' 
to ``yea.''
  So the motion to adjourn was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

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