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

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
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 California will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in House Report 112 409.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California
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Mar 7, 2012

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