[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 174 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1505-D1506]
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. 4130-
4152; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 252-253; and H. Res. 814-816 were 
introduced.
  Pages  H13521-22
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages  H13522-23
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 1429, to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to 
improve program quality, and to expand access (H. Rept. 110-439) and
  H. Res. 813, providing for consideration of the conference report to 
accompany the bill (H.R. 1429) to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to 
improve program quality, and to expand access (H. Rept. 110-440); and
  H.R. 3915, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer 
mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to 
establish licensing and registration requirements for residential 
mortgage originators, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer 
mortgage loans, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 110-441). 
                                                           Page  H13521
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Salazar to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                           Page  H13415
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 175 nays with 2 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 1079.
  Pages  H13415, H13426-27
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Baca motion to adjourn by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 184 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 1080.
  Pages  H13427-28
Resignation of General Counsel: Read a letter from General R. Gennet, 
in which she announced her resignation as General Counsel to the House 
of Representatives, effective November 12, 2007.
  Page H13426
Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007: The House passed H.R. 3996, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
provisions, by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 
1081.
  Pages H13417-26, H13428-62
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as adopted.
Page H13417
  H. Res. 809, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 1078, 
after agreeing

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to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 185 
nays, Roll No. 1077.
Pages H13425-26
General Counsel of the United States House of Representatives--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Mr. Irvin 
B. Nathan as General Counsel of the United States House of 
Representatives, effective November 12, 2007.
  Page H13509
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 13th for 
morning hour debate.
  Page H13510
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, November 14th.
  Page H13510
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on pages 
H13425-26, H13426, H13426-27, H13427, H13461-62.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages __. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:01 p.m.