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On the recordSeptember 21, 2012
On rollcall 599, I was unable to be in attendance for this vote as I was attending the funeral of a family member. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Flake The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 228, noes 183, not voting 18, as follows: [Roll No. 600] AYES--228 Adams Aderholt Alexander Amash Amodei Austria Bachmann Bachus Barletta Barrow Bartlett Barton (TX) Benishek Berg Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Bonner Bono Mack Boren Boustany Brady (TX) Brooks Broun (GA) Buchanan Bucshon Buerkle Burgess Burton (IN) Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Carter Cassidy Chabot Chaffetz Coble Coffman (CO) Cole Conaway Costa Costello Cravaack Crawford Crenshaw Culberson Denham Dent DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Dreier Duffy Duncan (SC) Duncan (TN) Ellmers Emerson Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick Flake Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks (AZ) Gardner Gibbs Gingrey (GA) Gohmert Goodlatte Gosar Gowdy Graves (GA) Graves (MO) G…
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