[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D14-D15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 66 public bills, H.R. 152-217; 
1 private bill, H.R. 218; and 11 resolutions, H.J. Res. 12-16; H. Con. 
Res. 6-7; and H. Res. 17-20, were introduced.              
  Pages H50-53
Additional Cosponsors:                                         
  Page H56
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                               Page H39
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                              
  Pages H39, H48
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 3, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.                   
  Page H39
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Temporarily increasing the borrowing authority of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood 
Insurance Program: H.R. 41, to temporarily increase the borrowing 
authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out 
the National Flood Insurance Program, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 
354 yeas to 67 nays, Roll No. 7.                           
  Pages H39-48
Election of Members to Certain Standing Committees: The House agreed to 
H. Res. 17, electing Members to certain standing committees of the 
House of Representatives.                                  
  Pages H48-49
Electoral College Vote Tellers: Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 1, to provide 
for the counting on January 4, 2013, of the electoral votes for 
President and Vice President of the United States, and the order of the 
House of January 4, 2013, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment 
of Representative Miller of Michigan and Representative Brady of 
Pennsylvania as tellers on the part of the House to count the electoral 
votes.                                                         
  Page H49
Recess: The House recessed at 11:29 a.m. and reconvened at 1:05 p.m. 
                                                               Page H49
Joint Session: The Joint Session was called to order at 1:07 p.m. and 
dissolved at 1:29 p.m.                                         
  Page H49
Declaration of the Election of President and Vice President: Pursuant 
to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 1, and the requirements of the 
Constitution and laws relating to the election of President and Vice 
President of the United States, the two Houses of Congress met in Joint 
Session with Vice President Biden as the presiding officer to count the 
electoral votes. The following votes were cast for President: Barack 
Obama of Illinois, 332 and Mitt

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Romney of Massachusetts, 206. The following votes were cast for Vice 
President: Joseph Biden of Delaware, 332 and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, 
206. After announcing the results of the certification process, the 
Vice President announced that the Joint Session was dissolved and that 
the results of the proceedings had during the Joint Session would be 
entered into the Journals of both Houses.                  
  Pages H49-50
Whole Number of the House: The Chair clarified that yesterday's 
announcement under clause 5(d) of Rule 20 should have indicated that 
the whole number of the House is 430.                          
  Page H50
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on page H48. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 1:34 p.m., pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 3, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Monday, January 14, 2013.

Committee Meeting
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held an organizational meeting for 
the 113th Congress. The Committee adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 113th Congress.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.