[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REQUEST TO CONSIDER HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 54

  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, consistent with Israel's request for $1 
billion in emergency military aid to fund the Iron Dome, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Committee on Appropriations be discharged 
from further consideration of House Joint Resolution 54 and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under guidelines consistently issued by 
successive Speakers, as recorded in section 956 of the House Rules and 
Manual, the Chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it 
has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, can the Speaker inform us of the 
composition of the floor leadership?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Floor leadership includes the Speaker and 
majority leader on the majority side and the minority leader on the 
minority side and does not include the entire hierarchy of party 
leadership.
  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank you for that clarification.
  So that means that the Speaker and majority leader are blocking 
funding for Israel?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not been recognized for 
debate.

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