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Yvette Clarke: I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 500, ``nay.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore.…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 500, ``nay.'' 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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Sep 13, 2016

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