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Shuster was touting the open process laid out a Leadership Conference today to reporters. Its boasting that this process, which basically splits consideration of the highway bill from the house policy portions today and the senate and other provisions tomorrow and for the rest of the week as a process that gives members greater time and greater levels of consideration on both bills. However, the house rules process limits amendments on the floor. So technically, this isnt the most open process b...

1940s, are known for at least producing one major work of legislation but certainly at the top of that list i would have to be sam rayburn. Whats the speakers normal interaction with the senate . With the senate . That thet say that president has normal interaction with the senate. Who is the speaker is, it varies by which party is in control of the house and is in patrol of control of the senate and percentage of importants of the speaker and Senate Leadership. Theres an expectation that speake...

Speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, e clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on october 29, 2015, at 3 22 p. M. That the Senate Passed senate 1731. Signed sincerely, karen l. Haas. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable he speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted...

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The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 46, the nays are 53. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The point of order is sustained, and the amendment falls. The question occurs on amendment number 2916, as amended, offered by the majority leader. The senate will be in order. Mrs. Murray mr. President . The presiding officer th...

What we are talking about is an emergency. Thats what the house said overwhelmingly yesterday. On june 11, six or so weeks ago, by a vote of 933, the senate supported the sandersmccain bill, and it was funded through emergency funded as a cost of war. This bill as senator coburn indicated, is about onethird of the cost of what we voted on in the original sandersmccain bill. Mr. President , let us defeat this point of order, let us stand with the veterans of this country. Let us reform the v. A. ...

These are the people that distant bureaucrats here in washington should be forced to meet before they draft their rules. This guy just wants to put food on the table, to keep the lights on and to give his kids a better life. But the war on cool jobs is taking the war on coal jobs is taking away more than his livelihood and that of many others. It is taking away his dignity as well. Maybe thats why the administration doesnt want to meet kentuckians like him. Maybe that is why they dont want to lo...

[silence] mr. President. The senator from texas. The mac as your president come i rise today to speak about one of the Saddest Development in the United States senate. Namely the allout assault on the First Amendment been led a Senate Democrat. It is important to clarify what the issue before this body is not about. The issue before this body is not about access to this, despite a whole lot of politicking by Senate Democrats to suggest to the contrary. In this body, the number of people who woul...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 228. The nays are 195. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. The question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the journal stands ap...

Appropriate for congress to be taking a break . Before the election is what i work the only vote harry reid is allowing is a pure spending bill, spending more money on the situation to house the illegals in this country and to distribute them around the country rather than focus on enforcement and making changes to the laws that are necessary to streamline enforcements. I think the house will act in a more balanced way doing both. If harry reid would allow them. There is a big question about how...