Political Quotes

“on rollcall No. 196, The Deal Amendment to H.R. 5427, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Markey The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Conaway). The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 128, noes 295, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 197] AYES--128 Abercrombie Allen Andrews Baca Baird Baldwin Becerra Berkley Berman Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Brown (OH) Capps Capuano Cardin Carnahan Carson Case Chandler Clay Cleaver Clyburn Conyers Cummings Davis (CA) Davis (FL) Davis (IL) DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dingell Doggett Duncan Emanuel Engel Eshoo Farr Fattah Filner Flake Ford Frank (MA) Gibbons Grijalva Gutierrez Harman Hastings (FL) Higgins Hinchey Holt Honda Hooley Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jones (NC) Kelly Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kucinich Langevin Lantos Larson (CT) Lee Levin Lewis (GA) Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lynch Maloney Markey Matheson Matsui McCollum (MN) McDermott McGovern McKinney McNulty Meehan Millender-McDonald Miller, George…”