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Thursday, September 29, 2006
The House will meet 9:00 AM for legislative business.

One Minutes (5 per side)

H.Res. 1054 - Rule providing for consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 5441, S. 3930 and H.R. 4772

Bills Subject to a Rule (2 bills)
H.R. 4772 - Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
S. 3930 - Military Commissions Act of 2006

H.Res. 1053 - Rule providing for same day consideration of any resolution reported on the legislative day of September 29, 2006

Conference Report (1 report)
Conference Report on H.R. 5441 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007

Suspensions (6)
H.Res. 1028 - Supporting the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week
H.Res. - Requests the Department of Health and Human Services to outline the federal government’s responsibilities, taking into account the responsibilities and actions of the state and local governments, to support a program for medically monitoring and treating all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero on 9/11
H.R. 6228 - Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006
H.R. 6233 - To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes
H.R. 6203 - To provide for Federal energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities, and for other purposes
S. 3728 - North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006

Special Orders
Host: TBD
Republicans have the FIRST HOUR

Daily Print Version

*Conference Reports may be brought up at any time.

*Motions to go to Conference should they become available.

*Possible Motions to Instruct Conferees.

FROM THE OFFICE OF
Chairwoman Deborah Pryce
Office of the Republican Conference

The New York Times Admits They Were Wrong; Will Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats Be Next?

WASHINGTON October 25
Earlier this week, The New York Times public editor Byron Calame admitted that the newspaper was wrong to disclose in a June 23, 2006 news article the details of the surveillance program that tracks financial transactions of terrorist suspects.

“My July 2 column strongly supported The Times’s decision to publish its June 23 article on a once-secret banking-data surveillance program. After pondering for several months, I have decided I was off base. There were reasons to publish the controversial article, but they were slightly outweighed by two factors to which I gave too little emphasis. While it’s a close call now, as it was then, I don’t think the article should have been published.”

(Byron Calame, The New York Times, 10/22/06)

After the article was published, House Republicans acted quickly and decisively to pass H.Res. 895 to express support for, and condemn the disclosure of, a highly classified program that is essential to tracking terrorist finances and preventing future deadly attacks. 174 House Democrats voted against this measure, choosing to stand with The New York Times rather than our intelligence community.

Now that The New York Times has admitted that they were wrong to report details about this program, will Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats admit that they were wrong to support its disclosure?

House Republicans’ Statements on How the Democrats Will Cut the Child Tax Credit

Nov. 1 — "Raising a child is expensive work, and America’s families deserve all the help we can give them. Unfortunately, Democrats have indicated that they want to allow the increased child tax credit to expire, resulting in tax hikes on millions of American families."

Pryce: Kerry Should Apologize to our Men and Women in Uniform

Nov. 1 — "Our military is home to the most brave, most hard working, and most intelligent individuals that America has to offer. They make us all proud."

Democrat Approach to National Security is to ‘Just Say No’

Oct. 31 — Despite their rhetoric, Democrats do not have a plan for victory in Iraq and the war on terror. When it comes to putting together the tools necessary to prevail in this conflict, the Democrats’ policy is to “Just say no.”

Pryce: Secure Fence Act Will Strengthen Border Security and Help Keep our Nation Safe

Oct. 26 — “Securing our borders is one of the most important things we can do to strengthen our national security and prevent another 9/11,” Pryce said.

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