In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:
FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
House Meets At... 2:00 p.m.: Legislative Business
First Vote Predicted... 6:00 p.m.
Last Vote Predicted... 6:30 p.m.
"One Minutes"
Suspensions (8 Bills)
- H.Res. __ - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001 (Reps. Hoyer/Boehner)
- H.Res. 1052 - Honoring the members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Oklahoma for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States since September 11, 2001 (Rep. Boren - Armed Services)
- H.Res. 1251 - Recognizing and honoring the United States troops who gave their lives on D-Day at the Battle of Normandy (Rep. Poe - Armed Services)
- H.R. 6102 - To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Navy to enter into multiyear contracts for F/A-18E, F/A-18F, and EA-18G aircraft (Rep. Taylor - Armed Services)
- H.Res. 1571 - Acknowledging and congratulating Miami Dade College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of service to the students and residents of the State of Florida (Rep. Ros-Lehtinen - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 1564 - Commending and congratulating Michigan Technological University on the occasion of its 125th anniversary (Rep. Stupak - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. 1480 - Commending the University of Southern California Trojan men's tennis team for its victory in the 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Tennis Championship (Rep. Watson - Education and Labor)
- H.Res. __ - Expressing support for designation of the week beginning September 19, 2010, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week" (Rep. Grijalva - Education and Labor)
- 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: 10am
Resume consideration of H.R.5297, the Small Business Jobs bill with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees.
At 11:00am, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on Johanns amendment #4596 (1099 reporting) [link]. If cloture is not invoked, the Senate would proceed to a cloture vote on the Nelson (FL) amendment #4595 (1099 reporting) [link]. If cloture is invoked, there would be up to 30 hours for debate. If cloture is not invoked, the Senate would proceed to a cloture vote on the substitute amendment #4594 [link] to HR5297, Small Business Jobs.
The Senate will recess from 12:30pm - 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.
These are the toughest days to write a "Today in Congress" for. It's Tuesday, and yesterday I ran "This Week in Congress," which told you that the House wasn't going to be in session on Monday, but gave you the Tuesday schedule. Then I also gave you today's Senate schedule, and nothing's changed since I did that. So that leaves me with the task of telling you that today is going to look pretty much like I told you it was going to look yesterday.
It's hard enough to get people to discuss the day's happenings on Capitol Hill without having to admit that you already read this yesterday. But that's where we are.
What a day on the House side, eh? First, a "sense of the House" resolution regarding the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. My guess is, that sense is going to be fairly negative.
Also, there'll be some discussion of some very nice colleges, and a little tennis.
Then, from 6:00 to 6:30, they'll vote on that.
So that's pretty awesome.
On the Senate side, there's some pretty complex stuff going on with procedure on the Small Business Jobs bill that we went over yesterday. And guess what? It's all still true. The Senate has it's own substitute for the House text of the bill, written by Max Baucus (D-MT). And Bill Nelson (D-FL) has an amendment to that Baucus amendment. And Mike Johanns (R-NE) has an amendment to that Nelson amendment. So they'll be voting on cloture on that Johanns amendment. If they get it, great. Thirty hours later, they'll vote on Johanns, unless they waive some or all of that 30 hours. If they don't get it, they'll vote on cloture on the Nelson amendment. And if they get that, then they'll vote on Nelson some time up to 30 hours later without ever having a vote on Johanns. And if they don't get cloture on Nelson, then they'll vote on cloture for Baucus, and close out any opportunity to vote on Nelson. Then they'll vote on the Baucus substitute itself. Etc., etc., like the layers of an onion. And somewhere along the line -- possibly in several places -- it'll all become so redundant that much of the post-cloture 30 hours on each of these things could be waived. Or it could be dragged out. That's what makes the threat of filibusters so aggravating, and why Senators give in to it so frequently.
But if you think that's frustrating and redundant, try writing about it twice in two days, without having had any changes in the circumstances.
The committee schedule for today and the balance of the week appears below the fold. And wouldn't you know it? That looks pretty much the same as it did yesterday, too. Thank God that tomorrow we'll be naming some post offices in the House, just to shake things up.
In the committees:
Of interest today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the salmonella outbreak and egg recall, 11am.