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On the recordMay 29, 2014
On rollcall No. 255, I was unexpectedly detained and therefore missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 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 Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 198, noes 208, not voting 25, as follows: [Roll No. 256] AYES--198 Aderholt Amodei Bachmann Bachus Barletta Barr Barton Bentivolio Bilirakis Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Boustany Brady (TX) Bridenstine Brooks (AL) Brooks (IN) Broun (GA) Buchanan Bucshon Burgess Byrne Calvert Cantor Carter Cassidy Chabot Coble Coffman Cole Collins (GA) Collins (NY) Conaway Cook Cotton Crawford Crenshaw Culberson Daines Dent DeSantis DesJarlais Duffy Duncan (SC) Duncan (TN) Ellmers Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Gardner Garrett Gerlach Gibbs Gingrey (GA) Gohmert Goodlatte Gosar Gowdy Granger Graves (GA) Graves (MO) Griffin (AR) Griffith (VA) Grimm Guthrie Hall Hanna Harper Harris Hastings (WA) Hensarling Herrera Beutler Holding…
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John Larson
Democratic · Connecticut
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May 29, 2014

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