[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4519-4520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EXTENSION ACT OF 2012

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the ordering of 
the yeas and nays on the motion that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 4239) to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a 
multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, as amended, be vacated, to 
the end that the Chair put the question de novo.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  Mr. HOYER. Reserving the right to object, and I have no intention of 
objecting, Mr. Speaker, but simply to say that we continue to believe 
on this side of the aisle that we could resolve this issue, as we have 
had this debate, over

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a longer term and give confidence to the markets, give confidence to 
the States and localities by simply bringing the Senate bill to the 
floor and passing that bill.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the ordering of the yeas 
and nays on the motion that the House suspend the rules and pass H.R. 
4239 is vacated, and the Chair will put the question de novo.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 4239, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds not being in the affirmative) 
the motion was rejected.

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