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Dutch Ruppersberger: On rollcall No. 216 I was unable to vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The…

On the recordMay 9, 2014
On rollcall No. 216 I was unable to vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker having assumed the chair, Mr. Poe of Texas, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 10) to amend the charter school program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and, pursuant to House Resolution 576, he reported the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. (By unanimous consent, Mr. Cantor was allowed to speak out of order.) Moment of Silence for Abducted Nigerian Girls
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Dutch Ruppersberger
Democratic · Maryland
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May 9, 2014

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