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

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 193 printed in House Report 115-297. Amendment No. 195 Offered by Mr. Gohmert The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 195 printed in House Report 115-297.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Sep 13, 2017

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