[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H1345-H1349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2857, GENERATIONS INVIGORATING 
                     VOLUNTEERISM AND EDUCATION ACT

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I 
call up House Resolution 1015 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 1015

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
     XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 2857) to reauthorize and reform the national 
     service laws. The first reading of the bill shall be 
     dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
     the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 
     of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
     shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 
     the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
     Education and Labor. After general debate the bill shall be 
     considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 
     be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 
     of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
     Education and Labor now printed in the bill. The committee 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
     as read. All points of order against the committee amendment 
     in the nature of a substitute are waived except those arising 
     under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of 
     rule XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed 
     in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
     resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
     order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
     designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
     be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
     divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
     shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject 
     to a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 
     amendments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 
     10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the 
     bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
     bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
     adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House 
     on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the 
     bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute. The previous question shall be considered as 
     ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
     without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 
     or without instructions.
       Sec. 2.  During consideration in the House of H.R. 2857 
     pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of 
     the previous question, the Chair may postpone further 
     consideration of the bill to such time as may be designated 
     by the Speaker.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Tauscher). The gentlewoman from 
California is recognized for 1 hour.
  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield 
the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Lincoln 
Diaz-Balart). All time yielded during consideration of this rule is for 
debate only.


                             General Leave

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks 
on House Resolution 1015.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  House Resolution 1015 provides for consideration of House Resolution 
2857, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education, or GIVE, 
Act under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate 
controlled by the Committee on Education and Labor. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 
10 of rule XXI. The rule makes in order the Education and Labor 
Committee-reported substitute as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment.
  The rule makes in order 11 amendments, which are listed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each amendment is 
debatable for 10 minutes. The rule also provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of a vital piece of 
legislation, legislation that directly affects all of our communities 
and the lives of millions of Americans; legislation that strengthens 
our communities, helps educate our future generations, teaches our 
youth to prepare for and respond to unthinkable tragedies, and fosters 
the growth of respect and compassion throughout our entire society.
  The Corporation for National Community Service estimates that in 2006 
the national service participants provided the Nation with nearly $4 
billion worth of service projects. The GIVE Act reauthorizes our 
country's investment in community service and volunteerism.
  As co-chair of the National Service Caucus, it is a pleasure to call 
attention to the tremendous work of those involved at every level and 
in every program of the corporation.
  Madam Speaker, service and volunteerism are the bedrock of our 
emergency preparedness and national security. In times of strife, the 
American people have always shown a spirit of service and ingenuity. 
Investing in service and volunteer programs prepares us to handle any 
crisis. We must focus on building our national capacity, and harnessing 
the enterprising spirit of the American people is a good way to do so. 
In the wake of a catastrophe, a first responder is likely to be a 
civilian. A neighbor is likely to be the first one to provide 
assistance. By building up our service and volunteer programs, we are 
taking proactive steps to bolster our national security and capability 
to weather a disaster now and in the years to come.
  We saw firsthand the importance of having trained volunteers in the 
wake of the 2005 hurricanes. These forever changed thousands of lives 
and communities in the gulf coast. We watched as men and women mourned 
their loved ones and remembered the lives they once had. We also 
witnessed an outpouring of support and compassion from individuals who 
were touched by this immense tragedy.
  Following the devastation in the gulf coast, more than 92,000 
national service volunteers contributed over 3.5 million hours of 
service to the recovery effort. They repaired neighborhoods. They 
rebuilt lives. Our national service participants have also applied 
their expertise towards training local community volunteers, further 
expanding the network of effective workers to 260,000 people.
  The assistance from volunteers following the devastating storms 
represents only one example of the many accomplishments that our 
service volunteers achieve every single day. Through programs such as 
AmeriCorps State and National, Volunteers in Service to America, and 
National Civilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps volunteers address 
critical needs in our communities.
  When I am home in Sacramento, I am reminded by my constituents of the 
great work done by AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers. AmeriCorps NCCC members 
are disaster trained and available for immediate deployment in the 
event of a natural disaster anywhere within the United States, as they 
were to the gulf coast. In fact, NCCC teams have responded to every 
national disaster since the program was established.
  Over $26 million worth of hurricane recovery resources have come from 
AmeriCorps NCCC alone, which is more than we spent on the entire 
program nationwide. This is quite a return on our investment.
  The GIVE Act will strengthen the emergency preparedness and response 
training of our country's NCCC participants. The changes will also help 
the program continue to grow. Recently, the corporation added two new 
campuses, one in Iowa and one in Mississippi.
  The GIVE Act recognizes the work of every volunteer in this country. 
It seeks to reach out to more people to greatly expand the number of 
volunteers across this country. Our bill will expand AmeriCorps 
membership from 75,000 to 100,000 by 2012. The bill seeks to tap the 
growing pool of baby boomers reaching retirement that wish to continue 
serving their country by lowering the age of participation in Senior 
Corps to 55 from 60 years old. Equally important is that the bill 
harnesses the energy of future generations in addition to the baby 
boomers.
  Engaging our youth early on is vitally important to the safety of our 
communities and the lives of our children. The Summer of Service 
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will ensure that students making the transition from middle to high 
school have an opportunity to participate in service programs. By 
increasing the education award, the bill allows young service 
participants to apply the skills that they learn in volunteerism to a 
successful education. The benefits of service will continue to accrue 
to volunteers even after they complete their service.
  Madam Speaker, as a result of the great work of the AmeriCorps 
members, extraordinary things are happening all over America. The 
corporation supports such important nonprofit organizations as Habitat 
for Humanity, City Year, and Red Cross.
  National service participants have built homes, healed wounds, and 
taught elementary school kids. These volunteers are part of the 
backbone of our country. With very little funding, service participants 
leverage millions of dollars and perform crucial work in classrooms, 
national parks, and areas of our Nation hit by disaster.
  As a result, I hope my colleagues will support the rule and the 
underlying legislation. The spirit of service that is so important to 
all of our communities is one that should be encouraged and supported.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. I would like to thank my friend, 
the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui), for the time and I yield 
myself such time as I may consume.
  In a world often plagued by selfishness, those who commit themselves 
to the service of others through volunteerism really serve as a beacon 
of compassion and hope for all.

                              {time}  1030

  Community service is one of the most gratifying, rewarding, 
fulfilling ways people can give back to their communities. Community 
service has always been a vital pillar of our society. Volunteers all 
over the Nation dedicate millions of hours to their contemporaries, all 
in the hope of making people's lives better. Through their selfless 
work and tireless effort, volunteers help improve the lives of millions 
of Americans.
  In 1993, Congress, with my support, passed legislation creating 
AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service to 
administer and coordinate Federal community service programs. Since 
then, almost 500,000 Americans have served with thousands of nonprofit 
organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations 
nationwide.
  These citizens tutor and mentor children, they coordinate after-
school programs, they build homes for the needy, they conduct 
neighborhood patrols, restore the environment, respond to disasters, 
build nonprofit capacity, recruit and manage volunteers. They do, 
oftentimes, exemplary work.
  The underlying legislation, Madam Speaker, H.R. 2857, the Generations 
Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, known as the GIVE Act, 
will reauthorize the national service programs administered by the 
Cooperation for National Community Service. This reauthorization will 
help increase the number of volunteers in AmeriCorps to over 100,000 by 
2012. It will also create service opportunities for middle school and 
high school students through the Summer of Service program.
  The legislation emphasizes the critical role of service in meeting 
the national priorities of emergency and disaster preparedness. I do 
believe it will help improve program integrity.
  I am pleased that the committee, the Committee on Education and 
Labor, worked in a bipartisan manner to reauthorize this program and to 
include provisions that will make these programs more effective and 
efficient, responding to State and local needs, and performance-
oriented. It goes to show, Madam Speaker, that when we are willing to 
work together and negotiate, we can bring forth good pieces of 
legislation with bipartisan support.
  Now, I know the majority is trumpeting this rule with which we bring 
this underlying legislation to the floor because it will allow Members 
to debate all the amendments to the Rules Committee. But I remind my 
colleagues, Madam Speaker, the majority does this only when the 
underlying legislation is noncontroversial, even though the majority 
promised to be the most open Congress in history. If the majority is so 
proud of this rule, it should allow open rules on controversial bills 
as well.
  In closing, Madam Speaker, I urge Americans everywhere, regardless of 
whether they take part in a AmeriCorps, to volunteer and give back to 
their communities. The rewards are extraordinary to both the volunteer 
and to the community. As Winston Churchill said, ``We make a living by 
what we do, but we make a life by what we give.''
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MATSUI. I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Florida if 
he has any remaining speakers.
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. We have no other speakers. I am 
ready to make my final remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is recognized.
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the 
balance of my time.
  Although the reauthorization of AmeriCorps certainly is an important 
matter and one that deserves our attention, I must express my 
disappointment that the majority decided to take up this legislation 
before we finish our work on bipartisan legislation to protect 
Americans from international terrorism.
  On February 14, the majority decided to leave Washington to take a 
President's Day recess and allowed the Protect America Act to expire 2 
days later, rendering U.S. intelligence officials unable to begin new 
terrorist surveillance without cumbersome bureaucratic hurdles. Because 
of the inaction of the majority, the United States is more vulnerable 
to terrorist attack.
  This didn't have to happen, Madam Speaker. Earlier last month, the 
Senate passed, by a bipartisan vote, really an extraordinary vote of 
68-29, a bill updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA, 
a bill that the chairman, Democratic chairman of the Senate 
Intelligence Committee said, and I quote, ``is the right way to go in 
terms of the security of the Nation.''
  We could have easily considered that legislation, but the majority in 
the House instead decided to head home. The House should vote on the 
Senate measure, and the House should vote on the Senate measure now.
  Madam Speaker, we must always try to stay one step ahead of those who 
wish to harm Americans. Now is not the time to in any way tie the hands 
of our intelligence community. The modernization of the foreign 
intelligence surveillance is a critical national security priority.
  I am pleased that several of my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle also agree. On January 28, 21 members of the Blue Dog Coalition, 
Democrats, sent a letter to the distinguished Speaker in support of the 
Senate Rockefeller-Bond FISA legislation. The letter states, and I 
quote, ``The Rockefeller-Bond FISA legislation contains satisfactory 
language addressing all these issues, and we fully support that 
measure, should it reach the House floor without substantial change. We 
believe these components will ensure a strong national security 
apparatus that can thwart terrorism across the globe and save American 
lives here in our country.''
  Today, I will give all Members of the House an opportunity to vote on 
the bipartisan long-term modernization of FISA. I call on all my 
colleagues, including the members of the Blue Dog Coalition that signed 
the letter to the distinguished Speaker, to join with me in defeating 
the previous question so that we can immediately move to concur in the 
Senate amendment and send the bill to the President to be signed into 
law.
  I remind my colleagues that defeating the previous question will not 
prohibit consideration of the underlying legislation being brought to 
the floor today, the GIVE Act, but would merely require that we first 
take a vote on FISA modernization.
  Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have the text of the 
amendment and extraneous material inserted into the Record prior to the 
vote on the previous question.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.

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  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. I urge my colleagues to vote 
``no'' on the previous question and in favor of a bipartisan long-term 
solution that helps protect American lives from international 
terrorism.
  With that, Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, first, I would like to say that the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act continues to give the 
intelligence community the tools it needs to monitor terrorists. The 
government always has the option of tapping targets immediately and 
returning to the FISA Court within 72 hours to obtain an order.
  My constituents and those of other Members of Congress view the 
protection of civil liberties as one of their top priorities. The 
American people want us to do our representational duty to uphold the 
Constitution and deliberate on this issue. We are working hard to 
ensure that our national security needs are met as our constitutional 
rights are protected.
  Now we are working to support national service in our country, which 
helps our communities respond to disasters and also encourages our 
youth to engage in civic participation. Last year, I had the pleasure 
of meeting with Tatiana, a strong and determined young woman from 
Sacramento, my hometown, who received an award for CorpsMember of the 
Year. When Tatiana was just 15, her mother was incarcerated, and later, 
she was expelled from high school. Meeting with her and hearing her 
story of how she used the local Conservation Corps to turn her life 
around was truly inspiring.
  This reauthorization takes programs and infrastructure that have 
touched so many lives, such as Tatiana, and builds off its foundation 
to greatly increase the quality and quantity and improve national 
service. National service is a proven return on our investment. With 
this bill, we will broaden those involved in service, and in doing so, 
foster the values of civic engagement and duty that can change a life 
and also draw upon the lessons of guidance and wisdom of our seniors 
that only a lifetime of experience can provide.
  This bipartisan legislation makes excellent improvements to an 
already successful Federal agency. It improves access and support for 
organizations and grant applicants, and most importantly, reassures our 
valued volunteers that Congress supports them and their work. I urge a 
``yes'' vote on the previous question and on the rule.
  The material previously referred to by Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida is as follows:

Amendment to H. Res. 1015 Offered by Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida

       At the end of the resolution, add the following:
       Sec. 3. ``That upon adoption of this resolution, before 
     consideration of any order of business other than one motion 
     that the House adjourn, the bill (H.R. 3773) to amend the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a 
     procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign 
     intelligence, and for other purposes, with Senate amendment 
     thereto, shall be considered to have been taken from the 
     Speaker's table. A motion that the House concur in the Senate 
     amendment shall be considered as pending in the House without 
     intervention of any point of order. The Senate amendment and 
     the motion shall be considered as read. The motion shall be 
     debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
     Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 
     The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
     motion to final adoption without intervening motion.''
                                  ____

  (The information contained herein was provided by Democratic Minority 
on multiple occasions throughout the 109th Congress.)

        The Vote on the Previous Question: What It Really Means

       This vote, the vote on whether to order the previous 
     question on a special rule, is not merely a procedural vote. 
     A vote against ordering the previous question is a vote 
     against the Democratic majority agenda and a vote to allow 
     the opposition, at least for the moment, to offer an 
     alternative plan. It is a vote about what the House should be 
     debating.
       Mr. Clarence Cannon's Precedents of the House of 
     Representatives, (VI, 308-311) describes the vote on the 
     previous question on the rule as ``a motion to direct or 
     control the consideration of the subject before the House 
     being made by the Member in charge.'' To defeat the previous 
     question is to give the opposition a chance to decide the 
     subject before the House. Cannon cites the Speaker's ruling 
     of January 13, 1920, to the effect that ``the refusal of the 
     House to sustain the demand for the previous question passes 
     the control of the resolution to the opposition'' in order to 
     offer an amendment. On March 15, 1909, a member of the 
     majority party offered a rule resolution. The House defeated 
     the previous question and a member of the opposition rose to 
     a parliamentary inquiry, asking who was entitled to 
     recognition. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: 
     ``The previous question having been refused, the gentleman 
     from New York, Mr. Fitzgerald, who had asked the gentleman to 
     yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to the first 
     recognition.''
       Because the vote today may look bad for the Democratic 
     majority they will say ``the vote on the previous question is 
     simply a vote on whether to proceed to an immediate vote on 
     adopting the resolution .... [and] has no substantive 
     legislative or policy implications whatsoever.'' But that is 
     not what they have always said. Listen to the definition of 
     the previous question used in the Floor Procedures Manual 
     published by the Rules Committee in the 109th Congress, (page 
     56). Here's how the Rules Committee described the rule using 
     information from Congressional Quarterly's ``American 
     Congressional Dictionary'': ``If the previous question is 
     defeated, control of debate shifts to the leading opposition 
     member (usually the minority Floor Manager) who then manages 
     an hour of debate and may offer a germane amendment to the 
     pending business.''
       Deschler's Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives, 
     the subchapter titled ``Amending Special Rules'' states: ``a 
     refusal to order the previous question on such a rule [a 
     special rule reported from the Committee on Rules] opens the 
     resolution to amendment and further debate.'' (Chapter 21, 
     section 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ``Upon rejection of the 
     motion for the previous question on a resolution reported 
     from the Committee on Rules, control shifts to the Member 
     leading the opposition to the previous question, who may 
     offer a proper amendment or motion and who controls the time 
     for debate thereon.''
        Clearly, the vote on the previous question on a rule does 
     have substantive policy implications. It is one of the only 
     available tools for those who oppose the Democratic 
     majority's agenda and allows those with alternative views the 
     opportunity to offer an alternative plan.

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, on that I demand 
the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair 
will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time of any electronic vote on the 
question of adoption.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 193, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 17, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 103]

                               YEAS--217

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     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)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     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
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter

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     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     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
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--193

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

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Johnson (IL)
       

                             NOT VOTING--17

     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cubin
     Fattah
     Gonzalez
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keller
     Kennedy
     McCrery
     Murphy, Tim
     Poe
     Rangel
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rush
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1106

  Messrs. CARTER and PICKERING changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam 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 222, 
noes 190, not voting 16, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 104]

                               AYES--222

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Castor
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     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)
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNerney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mitchell
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy, Patrick
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Shea-Porter
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     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
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Wu
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--190

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (SC)
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     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
     Gilchrest
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy, Tim
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Nunes
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield (KY)
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman (VA)
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Cubin
     Fattah
     Gonzalez
     Johnson, E. B.
     Keller
     Kennedy
     McCrery
     Poe
     Rangel
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rush
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised that 
there is 1 minute remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1113

  Mr. MARCHANT changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

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  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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