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Chris Murphy: on rollcall No. 407, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 4 Offered…

On the recordJuly 26, 2006
on rollcall No. 407, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Sherman The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) 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 CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 155, noes 268, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 408] AYES--155 Abercrombie Allen Baca Baird Baldwin Barton (TX) Becerra Berman Berry Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boucher Brady (PA) Brown (OH) Brown, Corrine Butterfield Capps Capuano Cardin Carson Clay Clyburn Coble Conyers Costello Cummings Davis (CA) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Eshoo Etheridge Farr Fattah Filner Fitzpatrick (PA) Fortenberry Garrett (NJ) Gerlach Gilchrest Gohmert Goode Green, Al Grijalva Gutierrez Harman Hefley Hinchey Holden Holt Honda Hooley Hostettler Hoyer Jefferson Johnson, E. B.…
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