[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 4273-
4294; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 601, were introduced.    
  Pages H1739-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1741-42
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 600, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to 
provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor 
carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway 
Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such 
programs, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 112-424).         
Page H1739
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Harper to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1643
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H1647
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Dennis 
Culbreth, First Baptist Church, Jasper, Alabama.             
  Page H1647
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 300 yeas to 111 nays with 4 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 142.                                        
  Pages H1647, H1665
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow.                                     
  Page H1652
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Amending title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the United 
States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, 
Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United 
States: H.R. 1339, amended, to amend title 32, United States Code, the 
body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to 
recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the 
National Guard of the United States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 
yeas to 6 nays with 4 answering ``present'', Roll No. 141. 
                                                  Pages H1652-54, H1664
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the City of 
Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the 
United States.''.                                            
Page H1664
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2014 through 2022: The House began consideration of H. Con. Res. 
112, to establish the budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal

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year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2014 through 2022. Further proceedings were postponed. 
                                            Pages H1665-H1731, H1731-38
Rejected:
  Mulvaney amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 1 printed in H. 
Rept. 112-423) that sought to strike the text of the bill and insert 
President Obama's budget proposal as scored by CBO (by a recorded vote 
of 0 ayes to 414 noes, Roll No. 143);          
Pages H1705-10, H1729-30
  Cleaver amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 2 printed in H. 
Rept. 112-423) that sought to make investments in education, job 
training, transportation and infrastructure, and advanced research and 
development programs that will accelerate our economic recovery. Would 
protect the social safety net without cutting Social Security, Medicaid 
or Medicare and close certain corporate tax loopholes and preferences, 
saving trillions of dollars on the deficit over the next decade (by a 
recorded vote of 107 ayes to 314 noes, Roll No. 144); and 
                                                  Pages H1710-17, H1730
  Cooper amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 3 printed in H. 
Rept. 112-423) that sought to establish the budget for FY 2013 and set 
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2014 through FY 2022 (by 
a recorded vote of 38 ayes to 382 noes with 2 answering ``present'', 
Roll No. 145).                                 
Pages H1717-29, H1730-31
Proceedings Postponed:
  Honda amendment in the nature of a substitute (No. 4 printed in H. 
Rept. 112-423) that seeks to provide for deficit reduction and job 
creation that protects the social safety net.            
Pages H1731-38
  H. Res. 597, the rule providing for consideration of the concurrent 
resolution, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 184 
nays, Roll No. 140, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-
and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 139. 
                                               Pages H1654-62, H1663-64
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1647.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and three recorded 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1662, 
H1663-64, H1664, H1665, H1729-30, H1730, and H1730-31. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:29 p.m.