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Terri Sewell: I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2016
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Alabama will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 114-395 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order: Amendment No. 2 by Mr. Kildee of Michigan. Amendment No. 3 by Mr. Cartwright of Pennsylvania. Amendment No. 4 by Ms. Sewell of Alabama. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Kildee The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189, noes 223, not voting 21, as follows: [Roll No. 38] AYES--189 Adams Aguilar Ashford Bass Becerra Benishek Bera Beyer Bishop (GA) Bishop (MI) Blumenauer Bonamici Boyle, Brendan F.…
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama
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Jan 12, 2016

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