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THE DAILY WHIP: MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018

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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 3:00 p.m.  At that time, the House will reconvene and consider bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Suspensions (24 bills)
  1. H.R. 1376 – Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2017 (Rep. Cummings – Oversight and Government Reform)
  2. H.R. 5415 – GAO-IG Act, as amended (Rep. Walker – Oversight and Government Reform)
  3. H.R. 4446 – To amend the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act to extend the expiration date of the Commission, and for other purposes, as amended (Rep. Plaskett – Oversight and Government Reform)
  4. H.R. 4890 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the "Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building" (Rep. Brown – Oversight and Government Reform)
  5. H.R. 5238 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office” (Rep. Clarke – Oversight and Government Reform)
  6. S. 2692 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the “Stanley Michels Post Office Building” (Sen. Gillibrand – Oversight and Government Reform)
  7. H.R. 4407 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the “Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building” (Rep. Hultgren – Oversight and Government Reform)
  8. S. 931 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the “George Sakato Post Office” (Sen. Gardner – Oversight and Government Reform)
  9. H.R. 2979 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the “Jack H. Brown Post Office Building” (Rep. Aguilar – Oversight and Government Reform)
  10. H.R. 4946 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the “Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office” (Rep. Correa – Oversight and Government Reform)
  11. H.R. 5504 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as the “Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building” (Rep. Newhouse – Oversight and Government Reform)
  12. House Amendment to S. 899 – Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act, as amended (Sen. Hirono – Oversight and Government Reform)
  13. H.R. 3076 – CASES for Constituents Act of 2017, as amended (Rep. Graves (LA) – Oversight and Government Reform)
  14. H.R. 4960 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in Columbia, Missouri, as the “Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office Building” (Rep. Hartzler – Oversight and Government Reform)
  15. H.R. 3230 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the “Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building” (Rep. Labrador – Oversight and Government Reform)
  16. H.R. 66 – Route 66 Centennial Commission Act, as amended (Rep. Davis (IL) – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  17. H.R. 3906 – Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018, as amended (Rep. Heck – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  18. H.R. 5772 – To designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas as the “J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse” (Rep. Thornberry – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  19. H.R. 3460 – To designate the United States courthouse located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina as the “John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse”, as amended (Rep. Butterfield – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  20. S. 2734 – To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse” (Sen. Cornyn – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  21. H.R. 5846 – Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act, as amended (Rep. Blumenauer – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  22. S. 490 – To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Gibson Dam (Sen. Daines – Energy and Commerce)
  23. H.R. 5333 – Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act of 2018, as amended (Rep. Latta – Energy and Commerce)
  24. H.R. 5554 – Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018, as amended (Rep. Mullin – Energy and Commerce)
TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK

The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Tuesday, July 17: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.  The House is expected to consider begin consideration of H.R. 6147 – Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (Rep. Calvert – Appropriations) (Subject to a Rule).  The House is also expected to consider bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules.
 
THE DAILY QUOTE
“Flooded with cash from the Republican tax cut, US public companies announced a whopping $436.6 billion worth of stock buybacks, according to research firm TrimTabs. Not only is that most ever, it nearly doubles the previous record of $242.1 billion, which was set during the first three months of the year… The Republican tax cut created a windfall for Corporate America… A stated goal of the tax law was to encourage businesses to spend more. But it hasn't helped much…”
 
    -     CNN Money, 7/10/2018