VACATING VOTE ON H.J. RES. 28, FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 10
(House of Representatives - January 17, 2019)
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VACATING VOTE ON H.J. RES. 28, FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to vacate proceedings
by which the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 28) making further continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, was
passed, and the motion to reconsider laid upon the table, to the end
that the Chair put the question on passage of H.J. Res. 28 de novo;
and, further, that if a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are
ordered--in other words, requested--on the question of passage of H.J.
Res. 28, further proceedings may be postponed through the legislative
day of January 23, 2019, as though under clause 8 of rule XX.
Again, Mr. Speaker, that will have the effect of allowing a revote on
the resolution so that my Republican colleagues can reflect their view
on whether that measure ought to pass or whether it ought to fail.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Maryland?
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I first want
to thank the gentleman from Maryland for working with us, and I
especially want to thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
Butterfield) for his fairness.
Obviously, emotions ran high as the vote was moved through without a
recorded vote. And for our Members who want that recorded vote, maybe
on both sides that want a recorded vote, I made parliamentary inquiries
to the Chair. I made motions as well. Some were in order, some were out
of order. But every request I made of the Speaker pro tempore to
provide that direction on what was in order for motions to make, the
Speaker pro tempore was incredibly fair in those deliberations.
I want to thank the gentleman from North Carolina for that fairness.
I am glad I never had to go before you as a judge in those days, but I
respect your friendship and your fairness, as well as the fairness to
the gentleman from Maryland.
I do recall a number of occasions when we were in the majority where
there were times where maybe a Member wasn't recorded on a vote. They
might have just gotten in as the vote was closed and wanted to have
reconsideration, and, after conversation, it is always the right thing
to do to make sure that these proceedings go in accordance with the
requests of the Members to be recorded, whether we win or lose.
Maybe over the weekend I will have the opportunity to whip some more
votes, and we might prevail, but at least to have that opportunity to
vote.
Mr. HOYER. Don't say that too strongly, lest I withdraw the unanimous
consent request.
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I don't want to get too carried away, but I
appreciate that we were able to resolve this. And, again, I know
tensions got a little heated because these are important issues. We
want to get a resolution to get the government back opened.
Obviously, we have some disagreement over the border security
component of these negotiations, and we will keep these negotiations
going forward and hopefully get a resolution as quickly as possible.
But, in the meantime, to be able to get that recorded vote on H.J.
Res. 28 when we return and when all Members return, I think, is the
right thing to do, and I commend the majority leader as well as the
Speaker pro tempore for providing that opportunity.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, before I end, we have just been through a
very difficult week in which one of our Members was reviewed and
disapproval was passed almost unanimously, I think, with just one vote
opposed to it, on our side.
I must mention: I don't want any argument or we don't need to debate
on this, but, unfortunately, at a height, I know, of a lot of emotion,
one of our Members, a respected Member of our caucus, Tony Cardenas--
who is, by the way, from California--was met with a call from the other
side of the aisle to return to Puerto Rico.
We ought to all be cognizant of the fact that we need to be civil to
one another. We need to be polite to one another, even. We can disagree
very strongly and, obviously, we do on issue to issue.
But we have been sent here by 750,000, give or take, of our fellow
citizens, and I respect all of you for having been selected by 750,000
people. I may disagree with them on selecting the policies that you
pursue, obviously--I understand that--but I would hope that we could
refrain from any implications which have any undertones of prejudice or
racism or any kind of ``-ism'' that would diminish the character and
integrity of one of our fellow Members.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of objection is withdrawn.
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today,
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.
Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further
proceedings on this question will be postponed.
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