[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE H.R. 2286, EXPANDING 
            CHILD TAX CREDIT AND MARRIAGE PENALTY RELIEF ACT

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House 
consider H.R. 2286, a bill to expand the child tax credit and marriage 
penalty relief for families that were left out of the recently signed 
White House-supported tax law.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the guidelines consistently issued by 
successive Speakers as recorded on page 712 of the House Rules and 
Manual, the Chair is constrained not to entertain the gentleman's 
request until it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee 
leaderships.


                        parliamentary inquiries

  Mr. RANGEL. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will please state his 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. RANGEL. If we have unanimous consent that an error had been made 
by the conferees and the House Republicans and Democrats would like to 
correct this error, what would the Chair recommend that we do, since we 
want to avoid the accusation that this is class warfare, when the 
working poor have been excised from the bill?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Members who propound unanimous consent 
requests are also guided by page 712 of the House Rules Manual. 
Therefore, the Chair is constrained not to entertain the gentleman's 
request until it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee 
leaderships.
  Mr. RANGEL. Further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may state his inquiry.
  Mr. RANGEL. Could the Speaker tell me when the majority expects to 
bring additional Suspension Calendar requests to the floor?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. That as a matter of discretion is not a 
proper parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. RANGEL. I thank the Chair.

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