[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20107-20108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3074, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND 
    URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on 
House Resolution 558, on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous 
question.
  This 15-minute vote on the previous question will be followed by a 5-
minute vote, if ordered, on the adoption of the rule.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 210, 
nays 179, not voting 42, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 690]

                               YEAS--210

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Castor
     Chandler
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis, Lincoln
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
     Emanuel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Giffords
     Gillibrand
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Hall (NY)
     Hare
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth Sandlin
     Hill
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hodes
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kagen
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind
     Klein (FL)
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Mahoney (FL)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum (MN)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     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
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sestak
     Sherman
     Shuler
     Sires
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Snyder
     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
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch (VT)
     Wexler
     Wilson (OH)
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--179

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachmann
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp (MI)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Castle
     Chabot
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     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
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Hall (TX)
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Heller
     Hensarling
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Jindal
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline (MN)
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     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
     Poe
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sali
     Saxton
     Schmidt
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Walberg
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh (NY)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--42

     Bachus
     Berman
     Bishop (UT)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown, Corrine
     Burgess
     Campbell (CA)
     Carter
     Clarke
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Cubin
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Delahunt
     Engel
     Fortenberry
     Goode
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Herger
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Honda
     Hunter
     Johnson (IL)
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Kucinich
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McNerney
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Shadegg
     Shea-Porter
     Smith (WA)
     Tancredo
     Upton
     Watson
     Weiner

                              {time}  1947

  So the previous question was ordered.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. CARTER. Madam Speaker, on July 23, 2007, I was unable to be 
present for all rollcall votes because I was returning from Iraq where 
I was able to meet with soldiers from Fort Hood.
  If present, I would have voted accordingly on the following rollcall 
votes:
  Roll No. 687 on H.R. 404, the Federal Customer Service Enhancement 
Act--``yea.''
  Roll No. 688 on H. Res. 553, Mourning the passing of former First 
Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and celebrating her life and contributions to 
the people of the United States--``yea.''
  Roll No. 689 on H. Res. 535, Commending David Ray Ritcheson, a 
survivor of one of the most horrific hate crimes in the history of 
Texas, and recognizing his efforts in promoting Federal legislation to 
combat hate crimes--``nay.''
  Roll No. 690 on Previous Question on H. Res. 558, Providing for 
consideration of the bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development--``nay.''


                          personal explanation

  Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, unfortunately I was detained due to 
official Congressional business. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on the following rollcall votes: ``yea'' on H.R. 404--Federal 
Customer Service Enhancement Act; ``yea'' on H. Res. 553--Mourning the 
passing of former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and celebrating her 
life and contributions to the people of the United States; ``yea'' on 
H. Res. 519--Honoring the life and accomplishments of renowned artist 
Tom Lea on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
  Additionally, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the 
following rollcall votes: ``nay'' on the Previous Question--H. Res. 558 
for H.R. 3074; ``nay'' on H. Res. 558, the Rule for H.R. 3074--
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speaker, on Monday, July 23, 2007, I was 
unavoidable detained due to transportation delays and thus I missed 
rollcall votes Nos. 687, 688, 689, and 690. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' on Nos. 687, 688, and 689, and ``nay'' on No. 690.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Blunt was allowed to speak out of order.)


                          Legislative Program

  Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my friend, the majority 
leader, for any information about the schedule for the rest of the day 
today.
  I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  We will have another vote, and then it will be our intention to go to 
debate on the Transportation-HUD bill. We will go to debate after the 
votes until 10 o'clock. We will then end the debate

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on the bill at that time, have no further proceedings on the bill after 
10 p.m. tonight, and go back to it tomorrow morning after 1-minutes.
  Mr. BLUNT. I appreciate that. On our side, I would tell the 
gentleman, we would not intend to call for a vote on the rule vote, 
which I think is the remaining business for the day, other than a voice 
vote.
  Mr. HOYER. If the gentleman would yield.
  Mr. BLUNT. I yield.
  Mr. HOYER. If that's the case, then we would expect no additional 
votes tonight for the Members.


                Announcement by the Speaker pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will 
continue.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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