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On the recordSeptember 20, 2013
I was unable to vote on rollcalls 477-483. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on the Motion to Recommit H.J. Res. 59. Had I also been present on H.R. 1526, I would have voted ``no'' on Amendment 1, ``no'' on McClintock Amendment 3, and ``no'' on McClintock Amendment 5. I would have voted ``yes'' on the Motion to Recommit and ``no'' on Final Passage of H.R. 1526. PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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