Today in Congress
by David Waldman
Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 06:30:03 AM PST
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009
House Meets At... 10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business
Ten "One Minutes" Per Side
Last Vote Predicted... Evening***Members are advised that procedural votes are possible throughout the day and could occur as early as 10:00 a.m.
Complete Consideration of H.R. 2997 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Rep. DeLauro – Appropriations)
Postponed Amendment Votes (11)
- DeLauro Manager’s Amendment
- Brady (TX) Amendment
- Capito Amendment
- Broun Amendment
- Blackburn Amendment
- Hensarling Amendment #6
- Campbell Amendment #2
- Flake Amendment #9
- Flake Amendment #4
- Flake Amendment #12
- Kingston Amendment
H.R. 3081 – Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (Rep. Lowey – Appropriations) (Subject to a Rule)
Possible Consideration of H.R. 2701 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Rep. Reyes – Intelligence) (Subject to a Rule)
Postponed Suspension Votes (2 Bills)
- H.Con.Res. 127- Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month (Rep. Lee (CA) - Oversight and Government Reform)
- H.Con.Res. 131 - Directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of "In God We Trust" in the Capitol Visitor Center (Rep. Lungren - House Administration)
In the Senate, courtesy of the Secretary of the Senate:
Convenes: 9:30am
Morning Business for 95 minutes. Senator Durbin will control the first 5 mintues, the Republicans will control the next 60 minutes, and the Majority will control the final 30 minutes.
Following Morning Business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.2892, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act. There will be 10 minutes for deabte prior to a vote in relation to the Kyl amendment #1432 (Whitefish--Montana).
1:00pm filing deadline for first degree amendments to the bill.
Committee events of note:
- Thu., 7/9, 10am. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade: The Export Administration Act: A Review of Outstanding Policy Considerations. Former MI Gov. John Engler, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Manufacturers.
- Thu., 7/9, 10am. Senate HELP Committee. Business meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act
- Thu., 7/9, 1pm. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law: Home Foreclosures: Will Voluntary Mortgage Modification Help Families Save Their Homes?
More appropriations-palooza today, with the possible curve-ball of intelligence authorization, right in the middle of the blow-up over CIA Director Leon Panetta's acknowledgment that the CIA did in fact mislead Members of Congress in their briefings spanning the past eight years.
Yeah. So there's that.
Back when the story was "Pelosi knew!" and therefore defending torture was fine and dandy, the ghoulish Darth Cheney was all over everyone's TV, putting the official A-OK on using Spanish Inquisition techniques to try to extract "confessions" of non-existent Al Qaeda-Iraq ties, so that Cheney and Bush wouldn't look like such liars.
Think we'll see as much attention paid to straightening that out?
Doubt it. Anyway, now back to the show. The full schedule of committee hearings -- at which nobody will be talking today about how Dick Cheney tortured people for political gain -- appears below.
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