[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I was absent and unable to vote today 
because I was in Seattle attending my daughter's graduation.
  I would have voted in favor of the Rangel substitute amendment 
(rollcall No. 252).
  I would have voted in favor of the Doggett motion to recommit 
(rollcall No. 253).
  I would have voted against H.R. 8, the Estate Tax Elimination Act 
(rollcall No. 254).

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