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Here is how members of Maryland's delegation on Capitol Hill were recorded on important roll-call votes last week:Y: Yes N: No X: Not votingHouse: PatentsVoting 220 for and 193 against, the House exempted small businesses, universities and independent inventors from a new requirement that patent applications be published after 18 months.A yes vote supported the exemptions.Y N X Member* N * Ehrlich, Robert L., R-2ndY * * Hoyer, Steny H. D-5thY * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6thY * * Wynn, Albert R., D-4thY * * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd* N * Cummings, Elijah E., D-7th* N * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st* N * Morella, Constance A., R-8thHouse: Space StationThe House declined, 112 for and 305 against, to kill the space station Alpha.

The House takes up campaign finance measures and the Senate debates tobacco legislation. Here is how members of Maryland's delegation on Capitol Hill were recorded on important roll-call votes last week:Y: Yes N: No X: Not votingHouse: ReligionVoting 224 for and 203 against, the House failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to approve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to voluntarily express religious beliefs on public property....