On rollcall No. 323, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Gibson The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gibson) 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 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 278, noes 123, not voting 30, as follows: [Roll No. 324] AYES--278 Adams Aderholt Akin Altmire Amash Andrews Austria Baca Bachmann Bachus Barletta Bartlett Bass (NH) Benishek Berg Biggert Bilirakis Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Blumenauer Bonner Bono Mack Boswell Boustany Brady (TX) Brooks Broun (GA) Buchanan Bucshon Buerkle Burgess Burton (IN) Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Capuano Carnahan Carney Carter Cassidy Chabot Cicilline Clarke (MI) Clyburn Coble Coffman (CO) Cole Conaway Connolly (VA) Cooper Costa Costello Cravaack Crawford Crenshaw Culberson Davis (KY) DeFazio Dent DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Dold Dreier Duffy Duncan (SC) Duncan (TN) Ellmers Emerson Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick Flake Fleischmann Fleming Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Gallegly Gardner Garrett Gerlach Gibbs Gibs…
Tom Latham: “On rollcall No. 323, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 5 Offered…”
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