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them additional unemployment insurance benefits. 

Mr. MCDERMOTT. I yield back the 

balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 

MCDERMOTT) that the House suspend 

the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6867, as 

amended. 

The question was taken. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the 

opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being 

in the affirmative, the ayes have it. 

Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, 

on that I demand the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 368, nays 28, 

not voting 38, as follows: 

[Roll No. 683] 

YEAS—368 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Allen 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Bachus 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bartlett (MD) 

Barton (TX) 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Blackburn 

Blumenauer 

Blunt 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boozman 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boustany 

Boyd (FL) 

Boyda (KS) 

Brady (PA) 

Brady (TX) 

Braley (IA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown, Corrine 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Buchanan 

Burton (IN) 

Butterfield 

Buyer 

Calvert 

Camp (MI) 

Campbell (CA) 

Cantor 

Capito 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson 

Castle 

Castor 

Cazayoux 

Chabot 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Coble 

Cohen 

Cole (OK) 

Conyers 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Cramer 

Crenshaw 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis (KY) 

Davis, Lincoln 

Davis, Tom 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dent 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly 

Doyle 

Drake 

Dreier 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ehlers 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Emanuel 

Emerson 

Engel 

English (PA) 

Etheridge 

Fallin 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Fossella 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Frelinghuysen 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gerlach 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Goode 

Goodlatte 

Gordon 

Granger 

Graves 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Grijalva 

Gutierrez 

Hall (NY) 

Hall (TX) 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (WA) 

Hayes 

Heller 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Hoekstra 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hooley 

Hoyer 

Hunter 

Inslee 

Israel 

Issa 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Jefferson 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Jones (NC) 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Keller 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick 

Kind 

King (NY) 

Kirk 

Klein (FL) 

Kline (MN) 

Knollenberg 

Kucinich 

Kuhl (NY) 

Lampson 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee 

Levin 

Lewis (CA) 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

LoBiondo 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Lucas 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Lynch 

Mack 

Mahoney (FL) 

Maloney (NY) 

Manzullo 

Markey 

Marshall 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCaul (TX) 

McCollum (MN) 

McCotter 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McHenry 

McHugh 

McIntyre 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

McNerney 

McNulty 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Mica 

Michaud 

Miller (MI) 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Mitchell 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (KS) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murphy, Tim 

Murtha 

Musgrave 

Myrick 

Nadler 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor 

Payne 

Pearce 

Pelosi 

Pence 

Perlmutter 

Peterson (MN) 

Peterson (PA) 

Petri 

Pitts 

Platts 

Pomeroy 

Porter 

Price (GA) 

Price (NC) 

Pryce (OH) 

Putnam 

Radanovich 

Rahall 

Ramstad 

Rangel 

Regula 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Reyes 

Reynolds 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rogers (MI) 

Rohrabacher 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Ross 

Rothman 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Ryan (WI) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sarbanes 

Scalise 

Schakowsky 

Schiff 

Schmidt 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Sensenbrenner 

Serrano 

Sessions 

Sestak 

Shays 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shimkus 

Shuler 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Sires 

Skelton 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis 

Souder 

Space 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stearns 

Stupak 

Sullivan 

Sutton 

Tancredo 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Terry 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Tierney 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Turner 

Udall (CO) 

Udall (NM) 

Upton 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Walberg 

Walden (OR) 

Walsh (NY) 

Walz (MN) 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch (VT) 

Weller 

Wexler 

Whitfield (KY) 

Wilson (NM) 

Wilson (OH) 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman (VA) 

Wolf 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

Young (AK) 

NAYS—28 

Bachmann 

Barrett (SC) 

Broun (GA) 

Burgess 

Cannon 

Carter 

Conaway 

Culberson 

Doolittle 

Duncan 

Flake 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Gingrey 

Gohmert 

Inglis (SC) 

Jordan 

King (IA) 

Lamborn 

Linder 

Miller (FL) 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 

Paul 

Poe 

Sali 

Shadegg 

Smith (NE) 

NOT VOTING—38 

Bishop (UT) 

Boehner 

Boucher 

Cooper 

Cubin 

Davis, David 

Deal (GA) 

Eshoo 

Everett 

Feeney 

Ferguson 

Gallegly 

Gilchrest 

Hastings (FL) 

Hobson 

Hulshof 

Johnson, Sam 

Kingston 

LaHood 

Lewis (KY) 

Marchant 

McCrery 

McKeon 

Miller, Gary 

Moran (VA) 

Pickering 

Renzi 

Royce 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Saxton 

Slaughter 

Speier 

Thornberry 

Visclosky 

Wamp 

Weldon (FL) 

Westmoreland 

Young (FL) 

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Mr. SNYDER changed his vote from 

‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ 

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

bill, as amended, was passed. 

The result of the vote was announced 

as above recorded. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

Stated for: 

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Madam Speaker, I was 

unavoidably detained and missed rollcall vote 

683. Had I been present, I would have voted 

‘‘yea’’ on rollcall 683. 

Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, I will be unable to vote this afternoon on H.R. 6867, the 

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. 

Had I been in attendance, I would have voted 

‘‘yea.’’ 

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ADDITION OF NAME OF MEMBER 

AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2205 

Mr. ROSKAM. Madam Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor to H.R. 2205. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Illinois? 

There was no objection. 

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CONGRATULATING THE MEMBERS 

OF THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC TEAMS 

ON THEIR SUCCESS IN THE 2008 

SUMMER OLYMPIC AND 

PARALYMPIC GAMES 

Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Foreign Affairs be discharged 

from further consideration of House 

Resolution 1527 and ask for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the title of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia). Is there objection 

to the request of the gentleman from 

New York? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the resolution is as follows: 

H. RES. 1527 

Whereas the 2008 Summer Olympic Games 

were conducted in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008; 

Whereas 10,500 athletes from 204 countries 

participated in 302 events in 28 sports and inspired people around the world with their 

dedication, discipline, athletic achievement, 

and spirit of fair play, representing the best 

traditions of Olympic competition; 

Whereas 596 men and women represented 

the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games as members of the United States 

Olympic Team; 

Whereas those United States Olympians 

competed in 27 sports and continued the 

great legacy of athleticism and sportsmanship that has characterized the history of 

United States Olympic competition; 

Whereas, in the 2008 Summer Olympic 

Games, the United States sustained and increased its clear dominance as the most successful country in the history of the Olympic 

Games; 

Whereas athletes from the United States 

won more medals in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games than athletes from any other 

country; 

Whereas swimmer Michael Phelps of Maryland earned recognition as one of the greatest athletes of all time by winning an extraordinary 8 gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to surpass the previous 

single-year record of 7 Olympic gold medals 

by Mark Spitz, also a swimmer from the 

United States; 

Whereas Michael Phelps now also holds the 

record for the most Olympic gold medals 

ever won by a single athlete, with a remarkable 14 gold medals; 


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Whereas, in the 2008 Summer Olympic 

Games, the United States demonstrated its 

continued preeminence in team sports, with 

the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the 

men’s volleyball team, the women’s soccer 

team, and the men’s and women’s 4x400- 

meter relay teams winning gold medals; 

Whereas more than 200 athletes from the 

United States competed in 18 sports on behalf of the United States in the 2008 Summer 

Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, from 

September 6 to September 17, 2008; 

Whereas the United States Paralympic 

Team earned 99 medals, including 36 gold 

medals, reminding the world that physical 

challenges are no limit to human achievement; 

Whereas United States Army First Lieutenant Melissa Stockwell, who lost her left 

leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad in 2004, 

became the first veteran of the war in Iraq to 

compete in the Paralympic Games when she 

swam in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, 

100-meter freestyle, and 400-meter freestyle; 

Whereas the people of the United States 

stand united in respect and admiration for 

the members of the United States Olympic 

and Paralympic Teams, and the Teams’ athletic accomplishments, sportsmanship, and 

dedication to excellence; 

Whereas the many accomplishments of the 

United States Olympic and Paralympic 

Teams would not have been possible without 

the hard work and dedication of many others, including the United States Olympic 

Committee and the many administrators, 

coaches, and family members who provided 

critical support for the athletes; 

Whereas the Olympic movement celebrates 

competition, fair play, and the pursuit of 

dreams; 

Whereas the United States and, in particular, the city of Chicago, Illinois, celebrate those same ideals; and 

Whereas Chicago has never hosted the 

Olympic and Paralympic Games: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) extends congratulations for a job well 

done to all members of the United States 

Olympic and Paralympic Teams and to everyone who supported the Teams’ efforts at 

the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic 

Games; and 

(2) encourages the International Olympic 

Committee to choose Chicago, Illinois, as 

the site of the 2016 Summer Olympic and 

Paralympic Games and offers support and cooperation in ensuring successful Olympic and 

Paralympic Games in Chicago in 2016. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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UNITED STATES ARMY COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT OF 2008 

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Financial Services be discharged from further consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 5714) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 

recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States Army 

in 1775, to honor the American soldier 

of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its 

role in American society, from the Colonial period to today, and ask for its 

immediate consideration in the House. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

H.R. 5714 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United 

States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 

2008’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds that— 

(1) the United States Army, founded in 

1775, has served this country well for over 230 

years; 

(2) the United States Army has played a 

decisive role in protecting and defending 

freedom throughout the history of the 

United States, from the Colonial period to 

today, in wartime and in peace, and has consistently answered the call to serve the 

American people at home and abroad since 

the Revolutionary War; 

(3) the sacrifice of the American soldier, of 

all ranks, since the earliest days of the Republic has been immense and is deserving of 

the unique recognition bestowed by commemorative coinage; 

(4) the Army, the Nation’s oldest and largest military service, is the only service 

branch that currently does not have a comprehensive national museum celebrating, 

preserving, and displaying its heritage and 

honoring its veterans; 

(5) the National Museum of the United 

States Army will be— 

(A) the Army’s only service-wide, national 

museum honoring all soldiers, of all ranks, 

in all branches since 1775; and 

(B) located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 

across the Potomac River from the Nation’s 

Capitol, a 10-minute drive from Mount 

Vernon, the home of the Army’s first Commander-in-Chief, and astride the Civil War’s 

decisive Washington-Richmond corridor; 

(6) the Army Historical Foundation (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’), founded in 1983— 

(A) is dedicated to preserving the history 

and heritage of the American soldier; and 

(B) seeks to educate future Americans to 

fully appreciate the sacrifices that generations of American soldiers have made to 

safeguard the freedoms of this Nation; 

(7) the completion and opening to the public of the National Museum of the United 

States Army will immeasurably help in fulfilling that mission; 

(8) the Foundation is a nongovernmental, 

member-based, and publicly supported nonprofit organization that is dependent on 

funds from members, donations, and grants 

for support; 

(9) the Foundation uses such support to 

help create the National Museum of the 

United States Army, refurbish historical 

Army buildings, acquire and conserve Army 

historical art and artifacts, support Army 

history educational programs, for research, 

and publication of historical materials on 

the American soldier, and to provide support 

and counsel to private and governmental organizations committed to the same goals as 

the Foundation; 

(10) in 2000, the Secretary of the Army designated the Foundation as its primary partner in the building of the National Museum 

of the United States Army; and 

(11) the Foundation is actively engaged in 

executing a major capital campaign to support the National Museum of the United 

States Army. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and 

celebration of the founding of the United 

States Army in 1775, and notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred 

to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 

the following coins: 

(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 100,000 $5 

coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

alloy. 

(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

$1 coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

copper. 

(3) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

than 750,000 half dollar coins, which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half 

dollar coins, contained in section 5112(b) of 

title 31, United States Code. 

(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted 

under this Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States 

Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of 

sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United 

States Code, all coins minted under this Act 

shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

minted under this Act shall be emblematic 

of the traditions, history, and heritage of the 

United States Army, and its role in American society from the Colonial period to 

today. 

(2) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

each coin minted under this Act, there shall 

be— 

(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2011’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins 

minted under this Act shall— 

(1) contain motifs that specifically honor 

the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, such designs to be consistent with the traditions 

and heritage of the United States Army, the 

mission and goals of the National Museum of 

the United States Army, and the missions 

and goals of the Foundation; 

(2) be selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of the Army, 

the Foundation, and the Commission of Fine 

Arts; and 

(3) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under 

this Act shall be issued in uncirculated and 

proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITIES.—For each of the 3 

coins minted under this Act, at least 1 facility of the United States Mint shall be used 

to strike proof quality coins, while at least 1 

other such facility shall be used to strike the 

uncirculated quality coins. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 

may issue coins minted under this Act only 

during the 1-year period beginning on January 1, 2011. 

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under 

this Act shall be sold by the Secretary at a 

price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) 

with respect to such coins; and 


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