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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
I have a motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Himes moves to reconsider the vote on passage of H.R. 729. Motion to Table Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. McCollum moves to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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govinfo.gov
Dec 10, 2019

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