In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2010
House Meets At... 9:00 a.m.: Morning Hour
10:00 a.m.: Legislative Business
First Vote Predicted... 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Last Vote Predicted... 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
“One Minutes”
Suspensions (22 Bills)
- Senate Amendment to H.R. 4899 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Rep. Obey – Appropriations)
- H.R. 5730 - Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act (Rep. Markey (CO) - Transportation and Infrastructure)
- H.Con.Res. 258 - Congratulating the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy and its staff for 100 years of operation of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut (Rep. Courtney - Transportation and Infrastructure)
- H.Res. 1401 - Expressing gratitude for the contributions that the air traffic controllers of the United States make to keep the traveling public safe and the airspace of the United States running efficiently (Rep. McCarthy (NY) - Transportation and Infrastructure)
- H.Res. 1366 - Recognizing and honoring the freight rail industry (Rep. Hare - Transportation and Infrastructure)
- H.R. 5825 - To review, update, and revise the factors to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and to evaluate the need for assistance to individuals and households (Rep. Hill - Transportation and Infrastructure)
- H.Con.Res. 266 - Expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (Rep. Berkley - Foreign Affairs)
- H.Res. 1538 - Condemning the July 11, 2010, terrorist attacks in Kampala, Uganda (Rep. Davis (CA) - Foreign Affairs)
- H.R. 5138 - International Megan's Law of 2010 (Rep. Smith (NJ) - Foreign Affairs)
- H.R. 5849 - To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (Rep. Velazquez - Small Business)
- H.R. 5681 - To improve certain administrative operations of the Library of Congress (Rep. Brady (PA) - House Administration)
- H.R. 5682 - To improve the operation of certain facilities and programs of the House of Representatives (Rep. Brady (PA) - House Administration)
- H.R. 415 - Fallen Heroes Flag Act (Rep. King (NY) - House Administration)
- H.R. 3040 - Senior Financial Empowerment Act (Rep. Baldwin - Judiciary)
- Senate Amendment to H.R. 2765 - Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act (Rep. Cohen - Judiciary)
- H.R. 5281 - Removal Clarification Act of 2010 (Rep. Johnson (GA) - Judiciary)
- H.R. 2780 - Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act (Rep. Rooney - Judiciary)
- H.R. 5827 - Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010 (Rep. Boccieri - Judiciary)
- H.R. 5143 - National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010 (Rep. Delahunt - Judiciary)
- H.R. 5810 - Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2010 (Rep. Lungren - Judiciary)
- H.R. 4748 - Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010 (Rep. Owens - Judiciary)
- H.R. 5662 - Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 2010 (Rep. Loretta Sanchez - Judiciary)
H.Con.Res. 301 - Pakistan War Powers Resolution (Rep. Kucinich – Foreign Affairs) (Privileged Resolution)
- Conference Reports may be brought up at any time.
Motions to go to Conference should they become available.
Possible Motions to Instruct Conferees.
In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
Convenes: 10:00am
Following any Leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time until 12:30pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. The Majority will control the first 30 minutes and the Republicans will control the next 30 minutes.
The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.
The republican Leader or this designees will control the time from 2:15pm until 2:30pm and the Majority Leader will control the remaining time until 2:45pm. At 2:45pm, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the consideration of S.3628, the DISCLOSE Act.
Votes:
2:45pm roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the DISCLOSE Act (S.3628).
Yes, twenty-two suspensions on the calendar for the day. But look out for the first one, it's a doozy! Does anyone say "doozy" anymore? Spellcheck doesn't appear to think so. What's that mean, anyway?
Yes, the supplemental appropriations bill is slated to come to the floor tomorrow under suspension of the rules. Remember, that means it'll require a 2/3 vote (290 votes in a full House) to pass. Which makes it look like it's their intention not to pass it.
Now, it's listed merely as consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 4899, and I'm not entirely certain what amendment that means. The original H.R. 4899 passed the House and went to the Senate without any war money in it. The Senate added war funding and sent it back to the House. The House insisted that it would only accept the war money if there was additional emergency domestic spending tacked on and sent that back to the Senate. The Senate tried to invoke cloture on the motion to agree to the House's amendment but couldn't get the job done, and instead later merely disagreed to it by unanimous consent.
That's where it gets hazy for me. Although it's clear that the Senate didn't agree to the House's latest changes, it's not clear that they amended the bill in any way, so I'm not entirely sure what amendment the House thinks it's voting on tomorrow. But if it's somehow the Senate's old amendment adding the war funding without the domestic funding (or something similar), the fact that it's coming to the floor under suspension of the rules tells us that they're not particularly interested in having it actually pass. Maybe they're just looking to formalize the state of disagreement between the houses and ask for a conference. Or maybe this is their way of having a vote before leaving for recess, but not giving in to the Senate's unwillingness to consider additional domestic funding. Hopefully this will become clearer as the day goes on.
On the Senate side, it's another cloture voting day, this time on what appears to be the 109th cloture motion filed in the 111th Congress. We are 30 motions shy of tying the all-time record for such filings, which goes all the way back to... the Congress before this one.
But hey, the good news is that if they invoke cloture today, they will have agreed to have just 30 more hours of debate on the question of whether or not to begin debate on the DISCLOSE Act. Think about that and then tell me we don't need filibuster reform.
Today's committee schedule, along with what I'm calling "Will's Picks for Today's Hot D-on-R Committee Action" -- despite the fact that it might not be all that hot, and I think the guy who prepared the list actually prefers to be called William -- appears below the fold.
Will's Picks for Today's Hot D-on-R Committee Action:
- Tuesday 7/27, 10:00am. House Transportation and Infrastructure. Recovery Act: Progress Report for Transportation and Infrastructure Investments. Infrastructure investment is one of the key aspects of the stimulus. Is funding running out? How many jobs have actually been created? This hearing should address these issues, plus Chairman Oberstar is a class act. Random trivia answer: Oberstar is the first ever committee chair in Congress to have previously been the Staff Director of that committee.
- Tuesday 7/27, 10:00am. Joint Economic. Promoting a Green Economy. MIT economic professor Michael Greenstone serves as a witness. Greenstone will use econ theory to show what policies can/will incentive and promote a “green economy.”
- Tuesday 7/27, 2:30pm. Senate Environment and Public Works. Assessing Natural Resources Damages Resulting from Deepwater Horizon Disaster. After two caps, the leaking has seemingly stopped. Now it’s time to reflect on how much damage BP will try to avoid paying.
- Tuesday 7/27, 3:00pm. House Appropriations. Full Committee Markup of Homeland Security and Agriculture FY11 Appropriations bills. Who cares if there is no budget resolution passed? The House is moving full steam ahead with Approps bills.