[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 163 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 3964-
3980; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 241-242; and H. Res. 775-776, 
were introduced.
  Pages H12102-03
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H12103-04
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1236, to make permanent the authority of the United States 
Postal Service to issue a special postage stamp to support breast 
cancer research, with amendments (H. Rept. 110-409, Pt. 1) and
  H.R. 3796, to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification 
Act to minimize the adverse effects of employment dislocation, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 110-410).
Page H12102
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Serrano to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                            Page H12023
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Blackburn motion to adjourn by a yea-
and-nay vote of 158 yeas to 220 nays, Roll No. 1001.
  Pages H12024-25
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Sessions motion to adjourn by a 
recorded vote of 170 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 1002.
  Pages H12026-27
Question of Consideration: The House agreed to consider H. Res. 774, 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend title XXI 
of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 181 nays, Roll 
No. 1003. The House further agreed to the Slaughter motion to table the 
motion to reconsider the vote, by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 183 
noes, Roll No. 1004.
  Pages H12027-30
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Campbell (CA) motion to adjourn by a 
recorded vote of 165 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 1005.
  Pages H12030-31
Amending title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the 
Children's Health Insurance Program: The House passed H.R. 3963, to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the 
Children's Health Insurance Program, by a yea-and-nay vote of 265 yeas 
to 142 nays, Roll No. 1009.
  Pages H12042-90
  Rejected the Barton (TX) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 164 yeas to 
242 nays, Roll No. 1008.
Pages H12087-90
  H. Res. 774, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 1007, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
221 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 1006.
Pages H12031-42
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29th for 
morning hour debate.
  Page H12092
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, October 31st.
  Page H12092
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H12024-
25, H12026-27, H12029, H12029-30, H12030-31, H12041, H12041-42, H12089-
90, and H12090. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m.