[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 5294-
5304 were introduced.                                    
  Pages H9255-56
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H9256-57
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 741, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for 
determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to 
section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes, and providing for 
consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 326) expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve 
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state 
solution (H. Rept. 116-322).                                 
Page H9255
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Insider Trading Prohibition Act and directing the President pursuant to 
section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed 
Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been 
authorized by Congress--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. 
Res. 739, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2534) to amend 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities 
trading and related communications by those who possess material, 
nonpublic information, and relating to consideration of the concurrent 
resolution (H. Con. Res. 77) directing the President pursuant to 
section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed 
Forces from hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic that have not been 
authorized by Congress, by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 196 nays, 
Roll No. 646, after the previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 226 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 645.    
  Pages H9230-35, H9245-46
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act: S. 
151, amended, to deter criminal robocall violations and improve 
enforcement of section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 647. 
                                               Pages H9235-45, H9246-47
Consensus Calendar: Representative DeFazio presented to the clerk a 
motion to place on the Consensus Calendar the bill H.R. 2382, to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United 
States Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, it having 
accumulated 290 cosponsors.                                  
  Page H9255
Recess: The House recessed at 3:43 p.m. and reconvened at 8:30 p.m. 
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Senate Referral: S. 760 was held at the desk.                
  Page H9254
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H9254.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H9245, H9246, and H9246-47. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:32 p.m.