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On the recordMay 11, 2011
Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 312, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Markey The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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 CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189, noes 238, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 313] AYES--189 Ackerman Andrews Baca Baldwin Bass (CA) Becerra Berkley Berman Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boswell Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown (FL) Buchanan Butterfield Capps Capuano Carnahan Carney Carson (IN) Castor (FL) Chu Cicilline Clarke (MI) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Costa Costello Courtney Critz Crowley Cummings Davis (CA) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Dent Deutch Dicks Dingell Doggett Dold Doyle Edwards Ellison Engel Eshoo Farr Fattah Filner Fitzpatrick Fortenberry Frank (MA) Fudge Garamendi Gerlach Grijalva Gutierrez Hanabusa Hastings (FL) Heinrich Higgins Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Holden Holt Honda Hoyer Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B.…
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