[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 3020-
3042; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 184-187 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H4984-85
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (H. Rept. 109-145);
  H.R. 1316, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
repeal the limit on the aggregate amount of campaign contributions that 
may be made by individuals during an election cycle, to repeal the 
limit on the amount of expenditures political parties may make on 
behalf of their candidates in general elections for Federal office, to 
allow State and local parties to make certain expenditures using 
nonfederal funds, to restore certain rights to exempt organizations 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, amended (H. Rept. 109-146);
  H.R. 1158, to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation 
and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988 (H. Rept. 109-147); and
  H. Res. 337, a resolution providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3010) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health, 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 109-
148).
Pages H4983-84
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rev. Dr. Richard Lapehn, 
Pastor, Milton Presbyterian Church in Rittman, Ohio.
  Page H4899
Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Flag Desecration: The House agreed 
to H.J. Res. 10, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States, by a \2/3\ yea and nay 
vote of 286 yeas to 130 nays, Roll No. 296.
  Pages H4904-28
  Agreed to table the appeal of a point of order sustained against the 
Taylor of Mississippi motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the bill back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 194 noes, 
Roll No. 294.
Pages H4924-25
  Agreed to table the appeal of a point of order sustained against the 
Taylor of Mississippi motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the bill back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 190 noes, 
Roll No. 295.
Pages H4926-27
Rejected:
  Watt amendment in the nature of a substitute (printed in H. Rept. 
109-140) that sought to require that any statute enacted by the 
Congress pursuant to the proposed Constitutional Amendment must be 
consistent with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (by a 
recorded vote of 129 yeas to 279 nays, Roll No. 293.
Pages H4919-24
  H. Res. 330, the rule providing for consideration of the measure was 
agreed to yesterday, June 21.
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for FY 2006: The House passed 
H.R. 2985, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, by a yea and nay vote of 330 
yeas to 82 nays, Roll No. 303.
  Pages H4928-62
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations, by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 
302.
Pages H4961-62
Agreed to:
  Flake amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-144) that reduces the 
GPO Congressional Printing and Binding budget to reduce the number of 
Congressional Records printed each day.
Pages H4956-57
Rejected:
  McHenry amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 109-144) that sought to 
increase funding for general expenses of the Capitol Police; 
                                                         Pages H4957-58
  Baird amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-144) that sought to 
strike Title III, relating to

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Continuity in Representation (by a recorded vote of 143 ayes to 268 
noes, Roll No. 299);
Pages H4952-54, H4959
  Jo Ann Davis of Virginia amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-
144) that sought to strike the language in the bill prohibiting the 
Capitol Police from operating a mounted horse unit, and requiring the 
transfer of the current horses and equipment to the U.S. Park Police 
(by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 226 noes, Roll No. 300); and 
                                               Pages H4954-56, H4959-60
  Hefley amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 109-144) that sought to 
reduce overall appropriations in the bill by 1 percent (by a recorded 
vote of 114 ayes to 294 noes, Roll No. 301).
Pages H4958-59, H4960-61
  H. Res. 334, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 298, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea and nay vote of 
219 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 297.
Pages H4932-34
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea and nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4923-24, 
H4925, H4926-27, H4927-28, H4933, H4933-34, H4959, H4959-60, H4960-61, 
H4961-62, and H4962. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:13 p.m.