[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D83-D85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 50 public bills, H.R. 734-735, 
737-741, 743-785; 7 private bills, H.R. 736-742; and 13 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 29-35; and H. Res. 96-101 were introduced.      
  Pages H777-80
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H780-81
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: Supplemental report 
on H.R. 598, to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package 
relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (H. Rept. 111-8, 
Pt. 2).                                                       
  Page H777
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H605
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony in 
honor of the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln: 
The House agreed to discharge from committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 
27, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony in 
honor of the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. 
                                                              Page H607
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure which was debated on Tuesday, January 27th:
  DTV Delay Act: S. 328, amended, to postpone the DTV transition date, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 258 yeas to 168 nays, Roll No. 41. 
                                                              Page H619
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 96, electing the 
following Members to certain standing committees of the House of 
Representatives: Committee on Homeland Security: Representatives 
Loretta Sanchez (CA), Harman, DeFazio, Norton, Zoe Lofgren (CA), 
Jackson-Lee (TX), Cuellar, Carney, Clarke, Richardson, Kirkpatrick 
(AZ), Lujan, Pascrell, Cleaver, Al Green (TX), Himes, Kilroy, Massa, 
and Titus. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: 
Representatives Kanjorski, Maloney, Cummings, Kucinich, Tierney, Clay, 
Watson, Lynch, Cooper, Connolly (VA), Norton, Kennedy, Davis (IL), Van 
Hollen, Cuellar, Hodes, Murphy (CT), Welch, Foster, Speier, and 
Driehaus.                                                     
  Page H619
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: The House passed H.R. 
1, making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and 
creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, 
assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, 
for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, by a yea-and-nay vote of 244 
yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 46. Consideration of the measure began on 
Tuesday, January 27th.                         
  Pages H607-18, H620-H749
  Rejected the Lewis (GA) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 270 
noes, Roll No. 45.                                        
Pages H746-48
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 
111-9 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee 
of the Whole and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as the 
original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-
minute rule.                                                  
Page H642
Accepted:
  Oberstar amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
amends the aviation, highway, rail, and transit priority consideration 
and ``use-it-or-lose-it'' provisions to require that 50 percent of the 
funds be obligated within 90 days;                        
Pages H711-12

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  Markey (MA) amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) 
that requires that the Secretary require, as a condition of receiving 
funding under Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007, that the demonstration projects utilize Internet-based or other 
open protocols and standards if available and appropriate, and requires 
that grants recipients utilize Internet-based or other open protocols 
and standards;                                            
Pages H712-13
  Shuster amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
clarifies that Federal funds received by States under the bill for 
highway maintenance shall not be used to replace existing funds in 
place for transportation project;                         
Pages H713-17
  Nadler (NY) amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) 
that increases transit capital funding by $3 billion;     
Pages H717-20
  Waters amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
provides that job training funds may be used for broadband deployment 
and related activities provided in the bill;                  
Page H721
  Kissell amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
expands the Berry Amendment Extension Act to include DHS to require the 
government to purchase uniforms for more than one hundred thousand 
uniformed employees from U.S. textile and apparel manufacturers; 
                                                          Pages H723-24
  Platts amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
inserts the text of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act ( H.R. 
985 in the 110th Congress) regarding protections for federal employees 
who report waste, fraud, and abuse; and                   
Pages H724-31
  Teague amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
requires that the Recovery.gov website contain links and other 
information on how to access job information created at or by entities 
receiving funding under the bill; including links to local employment 
agencies, state, local, and other public agencies receiving recovery 
funds, and private firms contracted to perform work funded by the bill.
                                                          Pages H731-32
Rejected:
  Neugebauer amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
sought to strike the appropriations provisions from the bill (by a 
recorded vote of 134 ayes to 302 noes, Roll No. 42); 
                                                 Pages H720-21, H743-44
  Flake amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 111-9) that 
sought to strike funding for Amtrak (by a recorded vote of 116 ayes to 
320 noes, Roll No. 43); and                      
Pages H721-23, H741-45
  Camp amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 11 printed in part 
B of H. Rept. 111-9) that sought to strike everything after the 
enacting clause and add income tax rate deductions for bottom two 
income tax brackets, alternative minimum tax relief, small business 
deduction, bonus depreciation, small business expensing, expanded 
carryback of net operating losses, improved home buyer credit, 
unemployment benefit tax exemption, health insurance premium deduction, 
repeal of 3 percent withholding requirement for government contractors, 
extension of unemployment benefits, and a Sense of Congress against tax 
increases to offset outlays (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 266 
noes, Roll No. 44).                                  
Pages H732-43, H45
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                  
Page H749
  H. Res. 92, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 
40, after agreeing to order the previous question without objection. 
                                                          Pages H609-18
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 92 
and it was agreed to proceed with consideration of the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 39.    
Pages H607-09
Meeting Hour for Monday, February 2nd: Agreed that when the House 
adjourns on Monday, February 2nd, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on 
Tuesday, February 3rd for morning hour debate.                
  Page H749
Meeting Hour for Friday, January 30th: Agreed that when the House 
adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, January 30, 
2009, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate 
transmitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 26, in which case the 
House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution. 
                                                              Page H749
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to H. Res. 97, changing the 
size of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.       
  Page H750
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Conaway, 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on the Budget.         
  Page H751
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H609, 
H618, H619, H744, H744-45, H745, H748, H748-49. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:36 p.m.

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