Political Quotes

“during rollcall vote No. 657 on 12/16/05 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Gonzalez The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Culberson). The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gonzalez) 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 87, noes 332, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 658] AYES--87 Ackerman Andrews Becerra Berman Bishop (NY) Boucher Brady (PA) Brown (OH) Capps Capuano Carnahan Case Clay Cleaver Clyburn Conyers Cooper Costello Crowley Cummings Davis (CA) DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Emanuel Engel Eshoo Evans Fattah Gonzalez Green, Al Green, Gene Herseth Honda Hooley Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Johnson, E. B. Kilpatrick (MI) Kucinich Lantos Larson (CT) Lipinski Lofgren, Zoe Maloney Markey Marshall Matsui McCollum (MN) McDermott McGovern McKinney Melancon Menendez Miller (NC) Obey Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Pelosi Pomeroy Rahall Reyes Roybal-Allard Rush Ryan (OH) Sanchez, Linda T.…”