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| 10:00:55 A.M. |
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The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
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| 10:01:35 A.M. |
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The Speaker designated the Honorable Ted Poe to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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| 10:02:17 A.M. |
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MORNING-HOUR DEBATE - The House proceeded with Morning-Hour Debate. At the conclusion of Morning-Hour, the House will recess until 12:00 p.m. for the start of the legislative day.
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| 11:07:25 A.M. |
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The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 P.M. today.
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| 12:00:25 P.M. |
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The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of February 2.
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| 12:00:32 P.M. |
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Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Patrick J. Conroy.
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| 12:01:57 P.M. |
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The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
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| 12:02:00 P.M. |
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Mr. Ellison to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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| 12:02:24 P.M. |
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute speeches, which by direction of the Chair would be limited to 15 per side of the aisle.
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| 12:25:58 P.M. |
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The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on February 2, 2012 at 9:40 a.m. stating that that body had passed S. 1296 and H.R. 588 without amendment.
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| 12:26:28 P.M. |
H. Res. 534 |
Considered as privileged matter. H. Res. 534 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3578) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3582) to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macro-economic analysis of the impact of legislation."
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| 12:30:37 P.M. |
H. Res. 534 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 534.
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| 1:48:20 P.M. |
H. Res. 534 |
On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 238 - 177 (Roll no. 21).
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| 1:56:29 P.M. |
H. Res. 534 |
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 238 - 179 (Roll no. 22).
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| 1:56:30 P.M. |
H. Res. 534 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| 2:04:41 P.M. |
H.R. 3630 |
On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 184 - 236 (Roll no. 23).
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| 2:04:42 P.M. |
H.R. 3630 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| 2:05:50 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 534. H.R. 3582 — "To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation."
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| 2:05:55 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The resolution provides for one hour of debate, each, on H.R. 3578 and H.R. 3582. All points of order against consideration of both H.R. 3578 and H.R. 3582 are waived. For H.R. 3578, the resolution makes in order the amendment printed in Part A of the report accompanying this resolution and for H.R. 3582, the resolution makes in order the amendments printed in part B of the report accompanying this resolution.
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| 2:06:02 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 534 and Rule XVIII.
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| 2:06:03 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
The Speaker designated the Honorable Robert J. Dold to act as Chairman of the Committee.
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| 2:06:57 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3582.
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| 3:17:35 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Mr. Peters, numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to add a findings section addressing the macroeconomic impact of the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003.
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| 3:17:38 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peters Part B amendment No. 1.
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| 3:24:54 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Peters amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Peters demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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| 3:25:37 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Mr. Connolly (VA), numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to extend the requirement for the Congressional Budget Office to prepare macroeconomic analysis of major legislation to bills or resolutions reported by the Appropriations Committees of each Chamber.
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| 3:25:40 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Connolly (VA) Part B amendment No. 2.
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| 3:32:21 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Connolly (VA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Connolly (VA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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| 3:32:42 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Mr. Walz (MN), numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to include interest rates among the major economic variables to be estimated in the macroeconomic economic impact analysis.
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| 3:32:45 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walz Part B amendment No. 3.
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| 3:35:42 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Walz (MN) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
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| 3:35:52 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Ms. Fudge, numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to add income equality among the variables used to determine the economic impact of the bill.
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| 3:35:54 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Fudge Part B amendment No. 4.
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| 3:42:42 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Fudge amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Fudge demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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| 3:43:32 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Ms. Jackson Lee (TX), numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to require CBO to include as part of their macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential impact, if any, on HUB ZONE areas as defined by the Small Business Act.
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| 3:43:35 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee Part B amendment No. 5.
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| 3:51:00 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Jackson Lee (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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| 3:55:13 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Mr. Quigley, numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to require the CBO to establish a website where taxpayers could enter their annual income and receive an estimate of the amount of their projected contribution to or receipt from any applicable major bill or resolution over the next 10 years, assuming the taxpayer has constant annual income.
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| 3:55:16 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Quigley Part B amendment No. 6.
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| 3:59:39 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
By unanimous consent, the Quigley amendment was withdrawn.
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| 4:00:05 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, offered by Mr. Flake, numbered 7 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 lower the threshold for requiring a dynamic score from .25% of the current GDP to $5 billion.
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| 4:00:09 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake Part B amendment No. 7.
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| 4:04:10 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
By unanimous consent, the Flake amendment was withdrawn.
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| 4:04:28 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
An amendment, in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Cicilline, numbered 8 printed in Part B of House Report 112-383 to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that, in addition to preparing cost estimates for each bill or resolution reported by any committee of the House, the Congressional Budget Office also prepare an estimate of the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out the measure--including regional and State level estimates.
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| 4:04:39 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cicilline Part B amendment No. 8.
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| 4:15:19 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cicilline substitute amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Cicilline demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
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| 4:15:37 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
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| 4:44:05 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Peters amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 174 - 244 (Roll no. 24).
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| 4:47:48 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Connolly (VA) amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 177 - 237 (Roll no. 25).
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| 4:51:15 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Fudge amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 171 - 243 (Roll no. 26).
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| 4:55:10 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 173 - 243 (Roll no. 27).
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| 5:00:21 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On agreeing to the Cicilline amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 174 - 245 (Roll no. 28).
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| 5:00:35 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3582.
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| 5:01:22 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
The previous question was ordered without objection.
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| 5:01:43 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
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| 5:01:55 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
Mr. Boswell moved to recommit with instructions to the Budget Committee.
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| 5:03:56 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boswell motion to recommit. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new subsection entitled "Impacts on Medicare Benefits, Beneficiaries, the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds".
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| 5:09:54 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
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| 5:26:45 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 183 - 237 (Roll no. 29).
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| 5:33:07 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 179 (Roll no. 30).
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| 5:33:08 P.M. |
H.R. 3582 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| 5:33:42 P.M. |
H.R. 3578 |
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 534. H.R. 3578 — "To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline."
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| 5:33:47 P.M. |
H.R. 3578 |
Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The resolution provides for one hour of debate, each, on H.R. 3578 and H.R. 3582. All points of order against consideration of both H.R. 3578 and H.R. 3582 are waived. For H.R. 3578, the resolution makes in order the amendment printed in Part A of the report accompanying this resolution and for H.R. 3582, the resolution makes in order the amendments printed in part B of the report accompanying this resolution.
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| 5:34:05 P.M. |
H.R. 3578 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3578.
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| 6:39:52 P.M. |
H.R. 3578 |
POSTPONING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3578, the Chair announced that it understood that the Part A amendment made in order by the provisions of H. Res. 534 would not be offered and pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 534, the previous question was ordered and pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further proceedings on the bill would be postponed.
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| 6:40:17 P.M. |
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
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| 8:40:45 P.M. |
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Mr. Gohmert moved that the House do now adjourn.
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| 8:40:53 P.M. |
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On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
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| 8:40:57 P.M. |
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The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on February 3, 2012.
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