[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 17 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D72-D73]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 3880-
3893; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 536, were introduced.     
  Pages H439-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H440-41
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3521, to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative line-item veto to expedite 
consideration of rescissions, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 112-364 Pt. 2).                                     
Page H439
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Poe to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.   
  Page H377
Recess: The House recessed at 11:07 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                              Page H384
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House rejected the Michaud motion to 
instruct conferees on H.R. 3630 by a yea-and-nay vote of 184 yeas to 
236 nays, Roll No. 23. The motion was debated yesterday, February 1st. 
                                                          Pages H395-96
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012: The House passed H.R. 3582, to amend 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic 
analysis of the impact of legislation, by a recorded vote of 242 ayes 
to 179 noes, Roll No. 30.                               
  Pages H396-H419
  Rejected the Boswell motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Budget with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 183 ayes to 237 
noes, Roll No. 29.                                        
Pages H417-18
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 112-10 dated 
January 25, 2012 shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule, in lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
the Budget now printed in the bill.                           
Page H404
Agreed to:
  Walz amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) that 
includes interest rates among the major economic variables to be 
estimated in the macroeconomic economic impact analysis. 
                                                          Pages H406-07
Rejected:
  Peters amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) that 
sought to add a findings section addressing the macroeconomic impact of 
the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 244 
noes, Roll No. 24);                              
Pages H405-06, H413-14
  Connolly (VA) amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) 
that sought to extend the requirement for the Congressional Budget 
Office to prepare macroeconomic analysis of major legislation to bills 
or resolutions reported by the Appropriations Committees of each 
Chamber (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 25); 
                                                       Pages H406, H414
  Fudge amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) that 
sought to add income equality among the variables used to determine the 
economic impact of the bill (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 243 
noes, Roll No. 26);                                 
Pages H407-08, H415
  Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-
383) that sought to require CBO to include as part of their 
macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential impact, if any, on 
HUB ZONE areas as defined by the Small Business Act (by a recorded vote 
of 173 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 27); and       
Pages H408-10, H415-16
  Cicilline amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) 
that sought to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require 
that, in addition to preparing cost estimates for each bill or 
resolution reported by any committee of the House, the Congressional 
Budget Office also prepare an estimate of the number of jobs which 
would be created,

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sustained, or lost in carrying out the measure--including regional and 
State level estimates (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 245 noes, Roll 
No. 28).                                            
Pages H412-13, H416
Withdrawn:
  Quigley amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have required the CBO 
to establish a website where taxpayers could enter their annual income 
and receive an estimate of the amount of their projected contribution 
to or receipt from any applicable major bill or resolution over the 
next 10 years, assuming the taxpayer has constant annual income and 
                                                          Pages H410-11
  Flake amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 112-383) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have lowered the 
threshold for requiring a dynamic score from .25% of the current GDP to 
$5 billion.                                               
Pages H411-12
  H. Res. 534, the rule that is providing for consideration of the 
bills (H.R. 3578) and (H.R. 3582), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
238 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 22, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 21. 
                                                          Pages H387-95
Baseline Reform Act of 2012: The House began consideration of H.R. 
3578, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 to reform the budget baseline. Further proceedings were postponed.
                                                          Pages H419-26
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 112-9 dated January 
25, 2012 shall be considered as adopted, in lieu of the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Budget 
now printed in the bill.                                      
Page H419
  H. Res. 534, the rule that is providing for consideration of the 
bills (H.R. 3578) and (H.R. 3582), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
238 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 22, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 177 nays, Roll No. 21. 
                                                          Pages H387-95
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H387.
Senate Referral: S. 1296 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H394-95, 
H395, H395-96, H413-14, H414, H415, H415-16, H416, H418, and H418-19. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:40 p.m.