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LEGISLATIVE DAY OF FEBRUARY 26, 2010
111TH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION

1:38 P.M. -

The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on March 2, 2010.

On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.

Mr. King (IA) moved that the House do now adjourn.

12:26 P.M. -

SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.

12:23 P.M. -

Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that when the House adjourns on Friday, February 26, 2010, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, for Morning-Hour Debate. Agreed to without objection.

12:02 P.M. -

ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.

H. Con. Res. 238:: recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation

11:59 A.M. -

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2701.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 383 - 0 (Roll no. 74).

11:49 A.M. -

Considered as unfinished business.

H.R. 2701:: to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 235 - 168 (Roll no. 73).

11:40 A.M. -

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 186 - 217 (Roll no. 72).

11:09 A.M. -

DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hoekstra motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to coordinate high-value detainees associated with international terrorism.

11:05 A.M. -

Mr. Hoekstra moved to recommit with instructions to Intelligence (Permanent).

: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following new section: ¢ SEC. 407. COORDINATION OF HIGH-VALUE DETAINEE INTERROGATION.***

11:04 A.M. -

The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

11:03 A.M. -

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

11:02 A.M. -

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2701.

On agreeing to the Schauer amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 410 - 1 <A HREF="http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.as