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On the recordMay 9, 2013
Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 141 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois

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