[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D13]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
Committee on Rules: Granted, by record vote of 7 to 4, a closed rule 
for consideration of H.R. 2. All points of order against H.R. 2 are 
waived. The rule provides that the amendment to H.R. 2 printed in part 
A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be 
considered as adopted. The rule provides that H.R. 2, as amended, shall 
be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against H.R. 
2, as amended.
  The rule provides for seven hours of debate in the House on H.R. 2 to 
be allocated as follows: 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the Majority Leader and Minority Leader; 90 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce; 90 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce; 90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; 40 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on the Budget; 40 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary; and 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Small Business.
  The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2 with or without 
instructions.
  The rule further provides for consideration of H. Res. 9 under a 
structured rule. The rule provides that H. Res. 9 shall be considered 
as read. The rule provides one hour of debate on H. Res. 9 equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Rules, or their designees. The rule makes in order the 
amendment to H. Res. 9 printed in part B of the report, if offered by 
Representative Matheson of Utah or his designee, which shall be 
considered as read and shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. All points of 
order are waived against the amendment printed in part B of the report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit H. Res. 9 without 
instructions. The rule provides for the consideration of a resolution, 
if offered by the Majority Leader or his designee, relating to the 
status of certain actions taken by Members-elect, under a closed rule. 
The rule provides 4 minutes of debate on the resolution equally divided 
and controlled by the Majority Leader and Minority Leader, or their 
designees. Testimony was heard from Chairman Upton, Chairman Kline, 
Representatives King of Iowa, Dingell, Markey, Eshoo, Schakowsky, 
Inslee, Weiner, Matheson, Castor, Murphy of Connecticut, Welch, 
Baldwin, Payne, Andrews, Woolsey, Hinojosa, Tierney, Holt, Davis of 
California, Grijalva, Courtney, Tonko, Chu, Nadler, Jackson Lee of 
Texas, Johnson of Georgia, Deutch, Yarmuth, Pascrell, Davis of 
Illinois, Van Hollen, Thompson of California, Kaptur, Larsen of 
Washington, Moore, Wasserman Schultz, Speier, Walz, Tsongas, Edwards, 
Heinrich, Peters and Garamendi.