H.R.5544: To authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes.

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September 12, 2012 Roll call number 563 in the House
Question On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 5544
Ayes: 201 (Democrat: 182; Republican: 19)
Nays: 213 (Democrat: 0; Republican: 213)
Abstained: 15 (Democrat: 8; Republican: 7)
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 46%
Result: Failed

Democrats Voting 'Abstain'

NameVoted
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI] Abstain
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-5] Abstain
Rep. G. K. Butterfield [D, NC-1] Abstain
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono [D, HI] Abstain
Tim Holden Abstain
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. Abstain
Edolphus Towns Abstain
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0] Abstain

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** Because of incomplete data from newly elected Representatives, party breakdown visualizations may be inaccurate by one or two votes.

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