Political Quotes

“on rollcall No. 284, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. DeFazio The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) 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 CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 136, noes 280, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 285] AYES--136 Abercrombie Ackerman Andrews Baca Baird Baldwin Becerra Berkley Berry Bishop (GA) Blumenauer Boswell Boucher Brown (OH) Capps Capuano Cardin Carnahan Carson Chandler Clay Cleaver Clyburn Conyers Costello Crowley Cummings Davis (FL) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dingell Doggett Edwards Emanuel Engel Eshoo Evans Farr Filner Frank (MA) Gonzalez Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Harman Higgins Hinchey Hinojosa Holt Honda Hooley Inslee Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Johnson, E. B.…”