THE DAILY WHIP: MONDAY, MAY 21, 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 the bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. Suspensions (14 bills) H.R. 1972 – VA Billing Accountability Act, as amended (Rep. Smucker – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 3642 – Military SAVE Act, as amended (Rep. Barr – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 3832 – Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act, as amended (Rep. Dunn – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 3946 – To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Statesboro, Georgia, the “Ray Hendrix Veterans Clinic” (Rep. Allen – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 4245 – Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017 (Rep. Walz – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 4830 – SIT-REP Act, as amended (Rep. Bilirakis – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 4958 – Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018 (Rep. Bost – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 5044 – Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act (Rep. Chabot – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 5215 – Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act (Rep. Bergman – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 5418 – Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act, as amended (Rep. Bergman – Veterans’ Affairs) S. 1282 – A bill to redesignate certain clinics of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Montana (Sen. Daines – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 4334 – Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act of 2017 (Rep. Correa – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 3663 – To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams VA Medical Center (Rep. Jenkins – Veterans’ Affairs) H.R. 4451 – Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (Rep. Wenstrup – Veterans’ Affairs) TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Tuesday, May 22: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider S. 2155 – Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Sen. Crapo – Financial Services) (Subject to a Rule) and S. 204 – Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act(Sen. Johnson – Energy and Commerce) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to consider bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Lastly, the House is expected to begin consideration of H.R. 5515** – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Rep. Thornberry – Armed Services) (Subject to a Rule). Votes on amendments and final passage will occur later in the week.

THE DAILY QUOTE
“A sweeping farm bill failed in the House on Friday in a blow to GOP leaders who were unable to placate conservative lawmakers demanding commitments on immigration. The House leadership put the bill on the floor gambling it would pass… But their gamble failed. The vote was 213 to 198, with 30 Republicans joining 183 Democrats in defeating the bill. The outcome exposed what is becoming an all-out war within the House GOP over immigration, a divisive fight the Republicans did not want to have heading into midterm elections in November that will decide control of Congress. The bill’s collapse also highlight the splits within the GOP conference that have bedeviled House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and will be certain to dog the top lieutenants in line to replace him, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.).” - Washington Post, 5/18/2018

THE DAILY QUOTE

“A sweeping farm bill failed in the House on Friday in a blow to GOP leaders who were unable to placate conservative lawmakers demanding commitments on immigration. The House leadership put the bill on the floor gambling it would pass… But their gamble failed. The vote was 213 to 198, with 30 Republicans joining 183 Democrats in defeating the bill. The outcome exposed what is becoming an all-out war within the House GOP over immigration, a divisive fight the Republicans did not want to have heading into midterm elections in November that will decide control of Congress. The bill’s collapse also highlight the splits within the GOP conference that have bedeviled House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and will be certain to dog the top lieutenants in line to replace him, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.).”

- Washington Post, 5/18/2018