[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D9-D10]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 49 public bills, H.R. 4934-
4982; and 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 76; H. Res. 912-917, 919-920 were 
introduced.
  Pages H23-25
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H25-26
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 918, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2768) to 
establish improved mandatory standards to protect miners during 
emergencies (H. Rept. 110-508).
Page H23
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                                Page H3
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Wicker, wherein 
he resigned as Representative for the 1st Congressional District of 
Mississippi, effective 10 a.m. on December 31, 2007.
  Page H3
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the resignation of the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Wicker, 
and the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Jindal, the whole number of the 
House is adjusted to 431.
  Page H3
Recess: The House recessed at 12:03 p.m. and reconvened at 6:33 p.m. 
                                                                Page H3
Call of the House: The Speaker called the House to order and 
ascertained the presence of a quorum (393 present, Roll No. 1). 
                                                             Pages H3-4
Committee to Notify the President of the assembly of the Congress: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 913, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a 
committee to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify 
the President that a quorum of each House has assembled, and Congress 
is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make. 
Subsequently, the Speaker appointed Majority Leader Hoyer and Minority 
Leader Boehner to the Committee.
  Page H4
Notifying the Senate That a Quorum of the House Is Present: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 914, to authorize the Clerk of the House to inform 
the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and that the House is 
ready to proceed with business.
  Page H4
Meeting Hour: The House agreed to H. Res. 915, establishing the hour of 
daily meeting of the House.
  Page H4
Morning Hour Debate: Agreed by unanimous consent that the order of the 
House of January 4, 2007, providing for Morning Hour Debate, be 
extended for the remainder of the 110th Congress, except that pursuant 
to H. Res. 915, the date of May 12, 2008 shall be used in lieu of May 
14, 2007.
  Page H4

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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, January 16, 2008.
  Page H4
Presidential Veto Message--National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted his memorandum of disapproval of H.R. 1585, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy and to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and explained his reasons 
therefor--ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-88).
  Pages H4-5
  Subsequently, the House agreed by voice vote to the Hoyer motion to 
refer the veto message of the President, together with the accompanying 
bill, H.R. 1585, to the Committee on Armed Services.
Page H5
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Blunt, wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, effective today. 
                                                             Pages H5-6
Recess: The House recessed at 7:53 p.m. and reconvened at 8:18 p.m. 
                                                                Page H7
Quorum Calls Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 1) developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on pages H3-4 .
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 10:05 p.m.