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On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1100 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2843, as amended. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of the Capitol by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, and two other designated members of the Senate, and for other purposes.''. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________

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