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On the recordJuly 17, 2014
On rollcall No. 428 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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