On rollcall No. 596, 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. 9 Offered by Mr. McKinley The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley) 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 247, noes 163, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 597] AYES--247 Adams Aderholt Alexander Altmire Amash Amodei Austria Bachmann Bachus Barletta Barrow Bartlett Barton (TX) Benishek Berg Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (UT) Black Blackburn Bonner Bono Mack Boren Boswell Boustany Brady (TX) Brooks Broun (GA) Buchanan Bucshon Buerkle Burgess Burton (IN) Calvert Camp Campbell Canseco Cantor Capito Carter Cassidy Chabot Chaffetz Chandler Coble Coffman (CO) Cole Conaway Costa Costello Cravaack Crawford Crenshaw Critz Culberson DeFazio Denham Dent DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Dold Donnelly (IN) Dreier Duffy Duncan (SC) Duncan (TN) Ellmers Emerson Farenthold Fincher Flake Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Frank (MA) Franks (AZ…
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