[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27287]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately today, October 
16, 2007, I was unable to cast my votes on ordering the previous 
question on H. Res. 741, H. Res. 741; ordering the previous question on 
H. Res. 742, H. Res 742; and on suspending the rules and passing H.R. 
3678 and wish the record to reflect my intentions had I been able to 
vote.
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 964 on ordering the previous 
question on H. Res. 741, providing for the consideration of H. Res. 
734, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
withholding of information relating to corruption in Iraq, I would have 
voted ``nay.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 965 on passing H. Res. 741, 
providing for the consideration of H. Res. 734, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives regarding the withholding of information 
relating to corruption in Iraq, I would have voted ``nay.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 966 on ordering the previous 
question on H. Res. 742, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2102, 
the Free Flow of Information Act, I would have voted ``nay.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 967 on passing H. Res. 742, 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 2102, the Free Flow of 
Information Act, I would have voted ``nay.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 968 on suspending the rules and 
passing H.R. 3678, the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, 
I would have voted ``yea.''

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