THE DAILY WHIP: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015

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2015-01-12T00:00:00

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House Meets At:	First Vote Predicted:	Last Vote Predicted:
12:00 p.m.: Morning Hour 2:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Unlimited “One Minutes”	6:30 p.m.	7:00 p.m.

**Following one minute speeches, the House is expected to recess until approximately 5:00 p.m. At that time, the House will reconvene and consider the two bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Suspensions (2 bills)

H.R. 203 – Clay Hunt SAV Act (Rep. Walz – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 33 – Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act (Rep. Barletta – Ways and Means)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Tuesday, January 13: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to considerH.R. 185– Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 (Rep. Goodlatte – Judiciary) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to begin consideration of H.R. 240 – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Rep. Rogers (KY) – Appropriations) (Subject to a Rule) and H.R. 37 – Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act (Rep. Fitzpatrick – Financial Services/ Agriculture) (Subject to a Rule).

The Daily Quote
“House Republicans rolled out an aggressive response to President Barack Obama’s immigration policies on Friday, rallying conservatives hungry for a confrontation between the GOP-led Congress and the White House. But a big hurdle stands in their way: the United States Senate. Moderate Senate Democrats and a handful of GOP senators are balking at a House plan that would block Obama’s new policy of deferring deportations for millions of undocumented immigrants, along with the administration’s earlier protections for immigrants brought to the country illegally at a young age… The opposition from these key senators makes it almost certain that the plan would fail to gain the 60 votes needed to break a Democratic filibuster, reigniting long-festering tension between the House and the Senate that GOP leaders have been eager to avoid. ‘I think the defunding action leads us to a potential government shutdown scenario, which is a self-inflicted political wound for Republicans,’ Sen. Mark Kirk, a moderate Illinois Republican facing reelection in 2016, said in an interview.” - Politico, 1/9/2015

The Daily Quote

“House Republicans rolled out an aggressive response to President Barack Obama’s immigration policies on Friday, rallying conservatives hungry for a confrontation between the GOP-led Congress and the White House. But a big hurdle stands in their way: the United States Senate. Moderate Senate Democrats and a handful of GOP senators are balking at a House plan that would block Obama’s new policy of deferring deportations for millions of undocumented immigrants, along with the administration’s earlier protections for immigrants brought to the country illegally at a young age… The opposition from these key senators makes it almost certain that the plan would fail to gain the 60 votes needed to break a Democratic filibuster, reigniting long-festering tension between the House and the Senate that GOP leaders have been eager to avoid. ‘I think the defunding action leads us to a potential government shutdown scenario, which is a self-inflicted political wound for Republicans,’ Sen. Mark Kirk, a moderate Illinois Republican facing reelection in 2016, said in an interview.”

- Politico, 1/9/2015