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Hurt 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kelly 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Lankford 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lewis (CA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Long 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Matheson 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Meehan 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Palazzo 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Peters 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott, Austin 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Southerland 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tipton 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Webster 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOT VOTING—12 

Akin 

Bachus 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Critz 

Garamendi 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

Johnson (GA) 

King (NY) 

Ross (AR) 

Towns 

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Messrs. KISSELL, FORTENBERRY 

and LIPINSKI changed their vote from 

‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ 

Mr. BERMAN changed his vote from 

‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

So the motion to recommit was rejected. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the passage of the bill. 

The question was taken; and the 

Speaker pro tempore announced that 

the noes appeared to have it. 

RECORDED VOTE

Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, 

I demand a recorded vote. 

A recorded vote was ordered. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. This 

will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—ayes 223, noes 196, 

not voting 10, as follows: 

[Roll No. 577] 

AYES—223 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Amodei 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barletta 

Bartlett 

Benishek 

Berg 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Brooks 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Diaz-Balart 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Farenthold 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Hall 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Hensarling 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jordan 

Kelly 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kline 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Lankford 

Latham 

Latta 

Lewis (CA) 

LoBiondo 

Long 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McHenry 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Meehan 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Palazzo 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Petri 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott, Austin 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Southerland 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tipton 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Webster 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOES—196 

Ackerman 

Altmire 

Amash 

Andrews 

Baca 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barrow 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (CA) 

Bass (NH) 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bonamici 

Boren 

Boswell 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (FL) 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Deutch 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Doyle 

Duncan (TN) 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Gonzalez 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hanabusa 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Israel 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kildee 

Kind 

Kissell 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

LaTourette 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Markey 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McClintock 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McIntyre 

McNerney 

Meeks 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Murphy (CT) 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Owens 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Peterson 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis 

Price (NC) 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Speier 

Stark 

Sutton 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Welch 

Wilson (FL) 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

NOT VOTING—10 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Burton (IN) 

Garamendi 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Ross (AR) 

Towns 

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Mrs. SCHMIDT and Mr. GOWDY 

changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ 

So the bill was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

f 

CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 

RESOLUTION, 2013 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 

consideration of the joint resolution 

(H.J. Res. 117) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for 

other purposes, will now resume. 

The Clerk read the title of the joint 

resolution. 

MOTION TO RECOMMIT

Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I 

have a motion to recommit at the 

desk. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the 

gentleman opposed to the joint resolution? 

Mr. BARBER. I am opposed in its 

current form. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

Clerk will report the motion to recommit. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Mr. Barber moves to recommit the joint 

resolution H.J. Res. 117 to the Committee on 

Appropriations with instructions to report 

the same back to the House forthwith with 

the following amendment: 

At the end of the joint resolution (before 

the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. 156. (a) FULL YEAR FUNDING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS.—Notwithstanding section 106, appropriations and 

funds made available and authority granted 

pursuant to this joint resolution (including 

section 101(c)) for the following accounts of 

the Department of Defense shall remain 

available until September 30, 2013: 


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(1) ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’. 

(2) ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’. 

(3) ‘‘Military Personnel, Marine Corps’’. 

(4) ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’. 

(5) ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Army’’. 

(6) ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Navy’’. 

(7) ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps’’. 

(8) ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air Force’’. 

(9) ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Army’’. 

(10) ‘‘National Guard Personnel, Air 

Force’’. 

(b) PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL DISABILITY

EXAMINATIONS BY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS.— 

The authority provided by section 704 of the 

Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (38 U.S.C. 5101 

note) shall continue in effect through the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

resolution. 

(c) TREATMENT OF HOMELESS AND SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL VETERANS.—The authority provided by section 2031 of title 38, 

United States Code, shall continue in effect 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this joint resolution. 

(d) ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS

AND SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL VETERANS.— 

The authority provided by section 2033 of 

title 38, United States Code, shall continue 

in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky (during 

the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that the reading be 

dispensed with. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky? 

There was no objection. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 minutes in 

support of his motion. 

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Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I am 

offering this amendment to improve 

this legislation and truly show this 

Chamber’s support for our veterans and 

men and women in uniform by preventing their pay and services from 

being impacted by a potential government shutdown next year. The underlying bill we are voting on today lacks 

key provisions that are needed to protect our veterans in Active Duty military. My amendment will add these 

provisions. 

My amendment will ensure that our 

patriotic military men and women are 

not victims of partisan gridlock. My 

amendment ensures that basic military 

pay will not be interrupted in a potential shutdown. My amendment guarantees that our Armed Forces will be paid 

for the entire year, not just for the 6- 

month duration authorized by this continuing resolution. 

Unfortunately, Congress has failed to 

do its job, and we cannot allow a government shutdown to impact the basic 

pay of our men and women in uniform. 

This is a guarantee and an assurance 

that they have a right to expect we 

will uphold no matter what. 

My amendment also addresses the 

fact that three critical Veterans Administration authorizations are set to 

expire at the end of the year. 

The first is for Contract Medical Disability Authority. Without this extension which my amendment provides, 

the VA would not be able to pay for 

contract medical exams from discretionary funds. This could significantly 

delay veterans’ receipt of benefits. 

The second authorization which my 

amendment extends would give the VA 

the authority to establish sites to treat 

homeless veterans and those with mental illness. Without this extension, the 

VA would not be able to provide these 

essential services at these sites. 

The third VA authorization set to expire helps the VA provide housing and 

treatment to homeless veterans with a 

serious mental illness. Again, without 

this extension, the VA would no longer 

be able to provide for therapeutic transitional housing assistance for veterans 

who are homeless or who have a serious 

mental illness. 

Our veterans stepped forward when 

we asked them to serve this great Nation. In return, it is our undeniable responsibility to help them find employment when they are able to work and 

to care for them when they are not. Tonight, there are about 70,000 homeless 

veterans who will sleep on the streets 

of our country. This is a situation that 

is absolutely deplorable, and we must 

act to provide them with the assistance 

they deserve. 

None of what I’ve proposed here 

should be a partisan issue. This is 

about keeping our sacred promise to 

those who have defended our freedoms. 

There are nearly 100,000 veterans in my 

southern Arizona district and two military installations—Davis-Monthan Air 

Force Base in Tucson, where I grew up 

and where my father was deployed, and 

Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista and the 

162nd Fighter Wing of the Air National 

Guard just across the district line. 

I am offering this amendment in 

thinking of the men and women who 

are stationed there and across this Nation and across the world. During our 

recent work period, I went to the airport in Tucson to honor the men and 

women of our Army National Guard as 

they left for deployment in Afghanistan. I told them and their families, on 

behalf of all of us, how grateful we are 

for their service. Today, I ask you to 

join with me in putting action behind 

those words. This is not a partisan 

issue. We can and must find common 

ground in this Chamber on this very 

issue. 

This morning, my colleague Congressman PLATTS and I introduced a bipartisan bill, the Veterans Health Care 

Access Act. Our bill will make it easier 

for veterans to get access to the health 

care they need. What other issue we 

face is more important than this to 

both sides of the aisle than supporting 

our Armed Forces and our veterans? 

At a time when we need to get services to our veterans who are newly returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, we cannot be creating uncertainty and allowing a lapse of service 

or pay. This is about the Army sergeant I met on the flight going home 

who is now diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic 

brain injury and who will soon be medically discharged. He deserves to know 

that we will stand up for him and others like him. 

Let me say again that the passage of 

this amendment will not prevent the 

passage of the underlying bill. I urge 

my Republican and Democratic colleagues alike to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this 

final amendment and to support our 

military and to support our veterans. 

I yield back the balance of my time. 

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Madam 

Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry. 

Mr. BURTON of Indiana. As I understand it, Madam Speaker, there is foreign aid money in this bill, and I want 

to know if any of it is going to Libya 

or Egypt. Our Embassies have been attacked. An ambassador has been killed. 

The Muslim Brotherhood runs Egypt— 

and we’re going to give them money? I 

would like to have an answer. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

Chair cannot respond to that inquiry. 

That is a matter for debate. 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I rise in 

opposition to the motion to recommit. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam 

Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to 

the motion to recommit. This procedural motion is nothing more than a 

dilatory tactic designed to score political points for the cameras. 

We have worked fervently and in 

good faith to put together a CR that 

meets the Nation’s critical needs for 

the next 6 months. We did take care of 

our veterans in this bill. We did take 

care of our troops. With the enactment 

of this CR, the funding for veterans 

will be $2.1 billion more than last year. 

The CR provides all the funds necessary for our troops’ pay raise. 

The only problem is, in order for the 

checks to go out, the Senate has to 

pass an authorization bill, which 

they’ve been sitting on for months. It’s 

time for the Senate to act on behalf of 

our troops and our veterans. 

Now, we’ve got to pass this CR to 

keep the government open and to keep 

the doors from closing on their government, yet the Democrats want to put a 

roadblock to passing this one piece of 

legislation that keeps the government 

running. The last time I checked, 

Madam Speaker, if you closed down the 

government, the Nation’s most deserving—our troops and veterans—would 

not get a single dollar of the benefits 

that they deserve. So this bill is necessary. 

With the November elections on the 

horizon, we should not be surprised 

that the other side wants to put politics ahead of doing our work—as usual. 

The American people expect us to stop 

the partisan bickering and get our 

work done. The time for idle talk is 

over. Enough is enough. We’ve got bipartisan agreement on this bill. The 


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House, the Senate—both parties—and 

the White House have signed off on this 

bill. The motion is not needed, it is not 

helpful, and the money is in the bill. 

Stop the political posturing, and make 

our citizens proud. Vote ‘‘no.’’ 

I yield back the balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without 

objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. 

There was no objection. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion to recommit. 

The question was taken; and the 

Speaker pro tempore announced that 

the noes appeared to have it. 

RECORDED VOTE

Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. 

A recorded vote was ordered. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, 

this 15-minute vote on the motion to 

recommit House Joint Resolution 117 

will be followed by 5-minute votes on 

passing House Joint Resolution 117, if 

ordered; and suspending the rules and 

passing S. 3245. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—ayes 189, noes 232, 

not voting 8, as follows: 

[Roll No. 578] 

AYES—189 

Ackerman 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Baca 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barrow 

Bass (CA) 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bonamici 

Boren 

Boswell 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (FL) 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Deutch 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Garamendi 

Gonzalez 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hanabusa 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Israel 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kildee 

Kind 

Kissell 

Kucinich 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Markey 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McIntyre 

McNerney 

Meeks 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Murphy (CT) 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Olver 

Owens 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paul 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Peterson 

Pingree (ME) 

Platts 

Polis 

Price (NC) 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Speier 

Stark 

Sutton 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Welch 

Wilson (FL) 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

NOES—232 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Amash 

Amodei 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barletta 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (NH) 

Benishek 

Berg 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Brooks 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Diaz-Balart 

Dold 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Farenthold 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Hall 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Hensarling 

Herrera Beutler 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jordan 

Kelly 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kline 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Lankford 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lewis (CA) 

LoBiondo 

Long 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McHenry 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Meehan 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller, Gary 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Palazzo 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pence 

Petri 

Pitts 

Poe (TX) 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Quayle 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Ribble 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott, Austin 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Southerland 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tipton 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Webster 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOT VOTING—8 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Ross (AR) 

Towns 

b 1813 

So the motion to motion to recommit was rejected. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the passage of the joint 

resolution. 

The question was taken; and the 

Speaker pro tempore announced that 

the ayes appeared to have it. 

RECORDED VOTE

Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a 

recorded vote. 

A recorded vote was ordered. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. This 

will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—ayes 329, noes 91, 

not voting 9, as follows: 

[Roll No. 579] 

AYES—329 

Ackerman 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Amodei 

Andrews 

Austria 

Baca 

Bachus 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Bass (CA) 

Bass (NH) 

Becerra 

Benishek 

Berkley 

Berman 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonamici 

Bonner 

Boren 

Boswell 

Brady (PA) 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (FL) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Buerkle 

Burgess 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capps 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castor (FL) 

Chaffetz 

Chandler 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cohen 

Cole 

Conaway 

Connolly (VA) 

Costa 

Courtney 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Denham 

Dent 

Deutch 

Diaz-Balart 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Ellmers 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Farenthold 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Fitzpatrick 

Fleischmann 

Fortenberry 

Frelinghuysen 

Fudge 

Gallegly 

Garamendi 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gonzalez 

Goodlatte 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffin (AR) 

Grijalva 

Grimm 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hanabusa 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hastings (FL) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Jenkins 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Johnson, Sam 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kelly 

Kildee 

Kind 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kline 

Lance 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Luja ́n 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Maloney 

Manzullo 

Marino 

Markey 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McCollum 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Meeks 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Moore 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Nugent 


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Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reed 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Reyes 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Ryan (OH) 

Ryan (WI) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schock 

Schwartz 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Speier 

Stivers 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Turner (NY) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Womack 

Woodall 

Yarmuth 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NOES—91 

Adams 

Altmire 

Amash 

Bachmann 

Barton (TX) 

Berg 

Bono Mack 

Boustany 

Brooks 

Burton (IN) 

Canseco 

Capuano 

Chabot 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costello 

Crenshaw 

Davis (IL) 

DesJarlais 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Emerson 

Fincher 

Flake 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Foxx 

Frank (MA) 

Franks (AZ) 

Gardner 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Graves (MO) 

Griffith (VA) 

Hall 

Hartzler 

Huelskamp 

Johnson (IL) 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kissell 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Landry 

Lee (CA) 

Lummis 

Mack 

Marchant 

Matheson 

McClintock 

McDermott 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

Miller (FL) 

Miller, Gary 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Olver 

Paul 

Peterson 

Petri 

Poe (TX) 

Posey 

Quayle 

Rehberg 

Rigell 

Ross (FL) 

Rush 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schrader 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Sensenbrenner 

Shuler 

Simpson 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stutzman 

Tsongas 

Turner (OH) 

Walsh (IL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Yoder 

NOT VOTING—9 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Miller, George 

Ross (AR) 

Towns 

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during 

the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. 

b 1820 

Mr. GRAVES of Missouri changed his 

vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ 

Mr. WELCH changed his vote from 

‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ 

So the joint resolution was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

REAUTHORIZING CERTAIN VISA 

PROGRAMS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the 

bill (S. 3245) to extend by 3 years the 

authorization of the EB–5 Regional 

Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and 

the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver 

Program, on which the yeas and nays 

were ordered. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Texas (Mr. SMITH) 

that the House suspend the rules and 

pass the bill. 

This will be a 5-minute vote. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 412, nays 3, 

not voting 14, as follows: 

[Roll No. 580] 

YEAS—412 

Ackerman 

Adams 

Aderholt 

Alexander 

Altmire 

Amodei 

Andrews 

Austria 

Baca 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Baldwin 

Barber 

Barletta 

Barrow 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Bass (CA) 

Bass (NH) 

Becerra 

Benishek 

Berg 

Berkley 

Berman 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Bishop (UT) 

Black 

Blackburn 

Bonamici 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Brady (PA) 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brooks 

Brown (FL) 

Buchanan 

Bucshon 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Butterfield 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Canseco 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castor (FL) 

Chabot 

Chaffetz 

Chu 

Cicilline 

Clarke (MI) 

Clarke (NY) 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cohen 

Conaway 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cravaack 

Crawford 

Crenshaw 

Critz 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Cummings 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

DeLauro 

Denham 

Dent 

DesJarlais 

Deutch 

Diaz-Balart 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Dold 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Dreier 

Duffy 

Duncan (SC) 

Duncan (TN) 

Edwards 

Ellison 

Ellmers 

Emerson 

Engel 

Farenthold 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Fincher 

Fitzpatrick 

Flake 

Fleischmann 

Fleming 

Flores 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Frank (MA) 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Fudge 

Gallegly 

Garamendi 

Gardner 

Garrett 

Gerlach 

Gibbs 

Gibson 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gonzalez 

Goodlatte 

Gosar 

Gowdy 

Granger 

Graves (GA) 

Graves (MO) 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffin (AR) 

Griffith (VA) 

Grijalva 

Guinta 

Guthrie 

Gutierrez 

Hahn 

Hall 

Hanabusa 

Hanna 

Harper 

Harris 

Hartzler 

Hastings (FL) 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayworth 

Heck 

Heinrich 

Hensarling 

Herrera Beutler 

Higgins 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hochul 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Huelskamp 

Huizenga (MI) 

Hultgren 

Hunter 

Hurt 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson Lee 

(TX) 

Jenkins 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson (OH) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan 

Kaptur 

Keating 

Kelly 

Kildee 

Kind 

King (IA) 

Kingston 

Kinzinger (IL) 

Kissell 

Kline 

Kucinich 

Labrador 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Landry 

Langevin 

Lankford 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Long 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Luja ́n 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mack 

Maloney 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

Marino 

Markey 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

McKeon 

McKinley 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

Meehan 

Meeks 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, Gary 

Miller, George 

Moore 

Moran 

Mulvaney 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy (PA) 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal 

Neugebauer 

Noem 

Nugent 

Nunes 

Nunnelee 

Olson 

Olver 

Owens 

Palazzo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Paulsen 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peters 

Peterson 

Petri 

Pingree (ME) 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Polis 

Pompeo 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Quayle 

Quigley 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reed 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Renacci 

Reyes 

Ribble 

Richardson 

Richmond 

Rigell 

Rivera 

Roby 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Rokita 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross (FL) 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Royce 

Runyan 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schilling 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Schweikert 

Scott (SC) 

Scott (VA) 

Scott, Austin 

Scott, David 

Sensenbrenner 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sewell 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Sires 

Slaughter 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Southerland 

Speier 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stivers 

Stutzman 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Tipton 

Tonko 

Tsongas 

Turner (NY) 

Turner (OH) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walberg 

Walden 

Walsh (IL) 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watt 

Waxman 

Webster 

Welch 

West 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (FL) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Womack 

Woodall 

Woolsey 

Yarmuth 

Yoder 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

Young (IN) 

NAYS—3 

Amash Gohmert Paul 

NOT VOTING—14 

Akin 

Blumenauer 

Broun (GA) 

Buerkle 

Chandler 

Cole 

Eshoo 

Grimm 

Herger 

Jackson (IL) 

King (NY) 

Ross (AR) 

Ryan (WI) 

Towns 

b 1827 

So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the 

bill was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 


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