[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 112 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H8592-H8593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, 
I hereby notify the House of my intention to offer a resolution as a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of my resolution is as follows:

       Whereas the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Mrs. Bachmann 
     submitted an amendment to the Committee on Rules to H.R. 
     3288, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010;
       Whereas the said gentlewoman's amendment would have 
     protected American taxpayers by prohibiting funds made 
     available in the Act from being used to fund any organization 
     that has been indicted for violations of state or federal 
     election laws--or that employs people who have--such as the 
     Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now 
     (ACORN);
       Whereas a similar provision was adopted by the House in 
     2008 during consideration of H.R. 3221, the Housing and 
     Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and became law on June 30, 
     2008, but does not currently apply to all programs funded in 
     the underlying bill;
       Whereas the gentlewoman's amendment complied with all 
     applicable Rules of the House for amendments to 
     appropriations measures and would have been in order under an 
     open amendment process, but regrettably the House Democratic 
     leadership has dramatically and historically reduced the 
     opportunity to protect American taxpayers on this Floor; and
       Whereas the Speaker, Mrs. Pelosi, the Democratic 
     leadership, and the chairman of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, Mr. Obey, prevented the House from voting on 
     the amendment by excluding it from the list of amendments 
     made in order under the rule for the bill: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That H. Res. 669, the rule to accompany H.R. 
     3288, be amended to allow the gentlewoman from Minnesota's 
     amendment be considered and voted on in the House.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after 
the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentlewoman from Minnesota will appear in the Record at this point.

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  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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