[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 4 public bills, H.R. 3165-3168; and 1 resolution, H.J. 
Res. 70, were introduced.
  Page H7308
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Eugene 
Roberson, First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago, Illinois. 
                                                                  Page H7219
Journal: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Tuesday, Oct. 23 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 367 yeas to 48 nays, Roll No. 399. 
                                                       Pages H7219, H7224-25
Suspension--Patriot Act: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 
3162, to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the 
world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (agreed to by a yea-
and-nay vote of 357 yeas to 66 nays, Roll No. 398). The Clerk was authorized 
to make technical corrections and conforming changes in the engrossment of 
the bill. The motion to pass the bill was debated on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001.
                                                          Pages H7224, H7225
Economic Security and Recovery Act: The House passed H.R. 3090, to provide 
tax incentives for economic recovery by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 
214 nays, Roll No. 404.
  Pages H7236-82
  Rejected the Turner motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways 
and Means with instructions to report it back with amendments that reduce 
tax cut provisions to an amount equal to the cost of financing anti-
terrorism efforts, fully offset the legislation in the Internal Revenue Code 
over the next ten years while providing for the legislation to be temporary, 
and provides assistance to workers who lost their jobs and health insurance 
coverage and to business affected by the circumstances following the attacks 
of September 11 by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 403. 
                                                              Pages H7280-82
  Pursuant to the rule the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
now printed in the bill (H. Rept. 107-251) was considered as adopted. 
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  Rejected the Rangel amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
provide rebates of $600 for joint filers and $300 for single filers, extend 
for one year all expiring tax provisions, create $11 billion in school 
construction financing; waive certain AMT limitations, and expand 
unemployment benefits by a yea-and-nay vote of 166 yeas to 261 nays, Roll 
No. 402.
Pages H7260-80
  The House agreed to H. Res. 270, the rule that provided for consideration 
of the bill by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 401. 
Earlier, agreed to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 
yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 400.
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Order of Business: Agreed that Representatives Fossella of New York be 
authorized to introduce a joint resolution to amend Title 36, United States 
Code, to designate September 11 as United We Stand Remembrance Day. Further 
agreed that it be in order at any time on October 25, 2001, without 
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 70) making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes; that the joint resolution be 
considered as read for amendment; that the joint resolution be debatable for 
one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member 
of the Committee on Appropriations; and that the previous question be 
considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without 
intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
  Page H7300
Order of Business: Agreed that it be in order at any time on Thursday, 
October 25, 2001, without intervention of any point of order to consider in 
the House the joint resolution introduced by Representative Fossella of New 
York pursuant to the previous order of the House (to amend Title 36, United 
States Code, to designate September 11 as United We Stand Remembrance Day); 
that the joint resolution be considered as read for amendment; that the 
joint resolution be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee on Government 
Reform; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
recommit.
  Page H7300
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes developed 
during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7224, H7224-
25, H7235-36, H7236, H7279-80, H7281-82, and H7282. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:40 p.m.