Passed the House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 647 · 9 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6443.
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1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 6443. The vote that moved the bill is first.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 647 · 9 not voting
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
24 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 5 Democrats
19 of 24 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Sandy Adams (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Connie Mack (R-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rivera (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), C. W. Young (R-FL).
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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