On Tuesday, January 15, 2013, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 22 due to a death in my family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on the Frelinghuysen Amendment. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Reed) having assumed the chair, Mr. Denham, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 152) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution 23, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole, or on an amendment thereto? If not, the Chair will put them en gros. The amendments were agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 241, nays 180, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No.…
Grace Napolitano: “On Tuesday, January 15, 2013, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 22 due to a death in my family. Had I been present…”
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