In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010
House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business
First Vote Predicted... 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Last Vote Predicted... 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
"One Minutes" (15 per side)
Disposing of the President’s Veto of H.J.Res. 64 - Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 (Rep. Obey – Appropriations)
Suspensions (11 Bills)
- H.Res. 981 - Supporting continued political and economic development in Ukraine (Rep. Berman - Foreign Affairs)
- H.Res. 970 - Congratulating Flint native, University of Alabama sophomore, and running back Mark Ingram on winning the 2009 Heisman Trophy and honoring both his athletic and academic achievements (Rep. Kildee - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 862 - Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for winning the 2009 Star Innovator in the Intel Schools of Distinction competition (Rep. Foster - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 1001 - Congratulating North Central College on winning the 2009 NCAA Division III men’s cross country championship (Rep. Biggert - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 1002 - Honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a national day of service (Rep. Platts - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 860 - Supporting the initiatives of Chicago Wilderness and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (Rep. Quigley - Education and Labor)
- H.R. 3892 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Highway 64 Bypass in Roper, North Carolina, as the "E.V. Wilkins Post Office" (Rep. Butterfield - Oversight and Government Reform)
- H.R. 4139 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7464 Highway 503 in Hickory, Mississippi, as the "Sergeant Matthew L. Ingram Post Office" (Rep. Harper - Oversight and Government Reform)
- S. 692 - To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances. (Sen. Schumer - Oversight and Government Reform)
- H.R. 2646 - Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2009 (Rep. Towns - Oversight and Government Reform)
- H.R. 3237 - To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, "National and Commercial Space Programs (Rep. Conyers - Judiciary)
- Conference Reports may be brought up at any time.
Motions to go to Conference should they become available.
Possible Motions to Instruct Conferees.
The Senate is not in session today.
Just keeping the wheels turning today, before the House adjourns once again for a Democratic issues conference that runs through the weekend. One of the issues, I guess, will be whether or not they're going to confront any more issues this year. Certain sectors of the Democratic Caucus are apparently interested in seeing the number of "tough" or controversial votes minimized this year, heading into the 2010 elections.
Also on the schedule today: dealing with President Obama's veto of the superfluous continuing resolution, about which you can see more here. The CR became unnecessary by the time it reached the president, so the veto itself is no big deal. It does, however, create some wonkish issues about procedure, some of which were covered in last night's discussion of the veto, and still more in the WaPo's coverage.
If the veto doesn't bother anybody, why is the House acting on it? Why not just let it lie? Well, they're constitutionally obligated to do something with it, even if it's voting not to do anything (i.e., voting to "table" the bill), which is what they're expected to do. For details on Congressional veto procedure, see this Congressional Research Service (CRS) report (PDF).
UPDATE: What the House actually did was reconsider the bill -- i.e., vote on overriding the veto. They just didn't really want to override it, though. So they didn't. Republicans, whether just to differentiate themselves from Democrats as they might on a vote on approving the Journal, or just because they're dopes, voted to override the veto, which isn't exactly "fiscally conservative," now is it?
In other news, just a couple of committee meetings scheduled for today, listed below the fold.
In the committees:
House
No Senate committee meetings are scheduled for today.