Political Quotes

“on rollcall No. 566, I was detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Watt The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Watt) 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 44, noes 371, not voting 18, as follows: [Roll No. 567] AYES--44 Ackerman Blumenauer Brady (PA) Capuano Carson Case Clay Cleaver DeGette Delahunt Dingell Emanuel Fattah Hinchey Jackson (IL) Kanjorski Larson (CT) Levin Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Markey Matsui McDermott Miller (NC) Miller, George Moran (VA) Nadler Neal (MA) Olver Pastor Payne Pelosi Rangel Rothman Sabo Schakowsky Schwartz (PA) Scott (VA) Slaughter Stark Visclosky Watt Waxman Wynn NOES--371 Abercrombie Aderholt Akin Alexander Allen Andrews Baca Bachus Baird Baker Baldwin Barrett (SC) Barrow Bartlett (MD) Barton (TX) Bass Bean Beauprez Becerra Berkley Berman Berry Biggert Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blunt Boehlert Boehner Bonilla Bonner Bono Boozman Boren Boucher Boustany Bradley (NH) Brady (TX) Brown (OH) Brown (SC) Brown, Corrine Burgess…”