[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H11853-H11854]
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                QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 
767) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                              H. Res. 767

       Whereas, United States soldiers and personnel in Iraq are 
     fighting to protect innocent Americans from being attacked by 
     al-Qaeda and radical jihadists who are determined to kill the 
     American people.
       Whereas, on October 18, 2007, in debate on H.R. 976, 
     Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, the 
     Member from California, Mr. Stark, stated: ``You don't have 
     money to fund the war or children. But you're going to spend 
     it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to 
     grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads 
     blown off for the President' amusement.''
       Whereas, on October 18, 2007, in a press release, Rep. Pete 
     Stark is quoted as saying: ``I respect neither the Commander-
     in-Chief who keep them in harms way nor the chickenhawks in 
     Congress.''
       Whereas, the Member from California, Mr. Stark, engaged in 
     personally abusive language toward the President and Members 
     of the House, including the use of language that impugns 
     their motives.
       Whereas, the Member from California, Mr. Stark dishonors 
     not only the Commander-in-Chief, but the thousands of 
     courageous men and women of America's armed forces who 
     believe in their mission and are putting their lives on the 
     line for our freedom and security.
       Whereas, the Member from California, Mr. Stark, has failed 
     to retract his statement and apologize to the Members of the 
     House, our Commander-in-Chief, and the families of our 
     soldiers and commanders fighting terror overseas.
       Resolved, That the Member from California, Mr. Stark, by 
     his despicable conduct, has dishonored himself and brought 
     discredit to the House and merits the censure of the House 
     for the same.
       Resolved, The Member from California, Mr. Stark, is hereby 
     so censured.

                              {time}  1030

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Tauscher). The resolution presents a 
question of privilege.


         Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam 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.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 196, 
nays 173, answered ``present'' 8, not voting 55, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 986]

                               YEAS--196

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Ellison
     Emanuel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)

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     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     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
     Tsongas
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--173

     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carney
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Ellsworth
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Fallin
     Ferguson
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Reynolds
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weller
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--8

     Boren
     Cleaver
     Davis, Lincoln
     Hill
     Loebsack
     Mahoney (FL)
     Melancon
     Moore (KS)

                             NOT VOTING--55

     Akin
     Bishop (UT)
     Bonner
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (TX)
     Butterfield
     Carson
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Edwards
     Engel
     Everett
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Fossella
     Green, Gene
     Hastert
     Hinojosa
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hunter
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kind
     King (NY)
     LaHood
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Mollohan
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pickering
     Platts
     Poe
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rothman
     Simpson
     Snyder
     Souder
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (OH)
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1101

  Mr. LEWIS of California and Mr. TIAHRT changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. HOLT, SMITH of Washington, and DOGGETT changed their vote 
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  Mr. DONNELLY changed his vote from ``present'' to ``nay.''
  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.
  Stated for:
  Mr. PASTOR. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 986, I was at a meeting 
away from my office and unable to return on time. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 986, had I 
been present, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. KIND. Madam Speaker, I was detained in my district and was unable 
to have my vote recorded on the House floor on Tuesday, October 23, 
2007 for H. Res. 767 (Roll No. 986). Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 986, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 986, had I been present, 
I would have voted ``nay.''
  Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas. Madam Speaker, had I been present for rollcall 
vote 986, I would have voted ``nay.''

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