Daily Whipline

December 14, 2010

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House Meets At... Votes Predicted At...
12:30 p.m. For Morning Hour
2:00 p.m. For Legislative Business
"One Minutes" Per Side		 First Vote: 6:00 p.m.
Last Vote: 6:30 p.m.
ANY ANTICIPATED MEMBER ABSENCES FOR VOTES TODAY SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE OFFICE OF THE MAJORITY WHIP AT 226-3210.

Floor Schedule and Procedure

  • Suspension Bills: Today, the House will consider several bills on the Suspension calendar.  Bills considered on the Suspension calendar are debatable for 40 minutes; may not be amended; and require a two-thirds vote for passage.  If a recorded vote is requested, it will be postponed.
  1. S. 1448 - A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and the Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land (Sen. Merkley - Natural Resources)

  2. S. 2906 - A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify a provision relating to leases involving certain Indian tribes (Sen. Cantwell - Natural Resources)

  3. Senate Amendment to H.R. 1061 - Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act (Rep. Dicks - Natural Resources)

  4. S. 1609 - Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act (Sen. Cantwell - Natural Resources)

  5. S. 1405 - Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act (Sen. Kennedy - Natural Resources)

  6. S.Con.Res. 72 - A concurrent resolution recognizing the 45th anniversary of the White House Fellows Program (Sen. Brownback - Oversight and Government Reform)

  7. H.R. 6205 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office" (Rep. Crowley - Oversight and Government Reform)
  8. S. 3794 - FOR VETS Act of 2010 (Sen. Leahy - Oversight and Government Reform)

  9. H.Res. 1743 - Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Rep. Mitchell - Oversight and Government Reform)

  10. H.R. 5446 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the "Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office" (Rep. Posey - Oversight and Government Reform)

  11. S. 3167 - Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010 (Sen. Carper - Oversight and Government Reform)

  12. H.R. __ - To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Rep. Oberstar - Transportation and Infrastructure)

  13. H.R. 6510 - To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Houston, Texas, to the Military Museum of Texas (Rep. Jackson-Lee - Transportation and Infrastructure)

  14. S. 3984 - Museum and Library Services Act of 2010 (Sen. Reed - Education and Labor)

  15. S. 1275 - National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Establishment Act (Sen. Warner - Education and Labor)

  16.  H.Res. __ - Expressing support for designation of January 23rd as "Ed Roberts Day"       (Rep. George Miller - Education and Labor)

Quote of the Day

"I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me."

- Langston Hughes