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THE DAILY WHIP: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

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Daily Leader
For Immediate Release:
2015-09-28T00:00:00
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Mariel Saez or Latoya Veal  202-225-3130

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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 thirteen bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Suspensions (13 bills)

  1. H.R. 1624 – Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, as amended (Rep. Guthrie – Energy and Commerce)
  2. S. 136– Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015 (Sen. Wyden – Oversight and Government Reform)
  3. H.R. 313 – Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 (Rep. Lynch – Oversight and Government Reform)
  4. S. 565– Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015 (Sen. Peters – Oversight and Government Reform)
  5. H.R. 3089– Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act, as amended (Rep. Walberg – Oversight and Government Reform)
  6. H.R. 3614– Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 (Rep. Shuster – Transportation and Infrastructure)
  7. H.R. 2061– Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act (Rep. Davis (IL) – Ways and Means)
  8. S. 139– Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 (Sen. Wyden – Ways and Means)   
  9. H.R. 3594– Higher Education Extension Act of 2015 (Rep. Bishop (MI) – Education and the Workforce)  
  10. H.R. 2617– To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to postpone a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa, as amended (Rep. Radewagen – Education and the Workforce)             
  11. H.R. 2786– Cross-Border Rail Security Act of 2015 (Rep. Vela – Homeland Security)
  12. H.R. 2835– Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015, as amended (Rep. McSally – Homeland Security)
  13. Concur in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2051– Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 (Rep. Conaway – Agriculture)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Tuesday, September 29: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is also expected to consider H.R. 3495 – Women’s Public Health and Safety Act (Rep. Duffy – Energy and Commerce) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to consider bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. 

The Daily Quote

“Representative Bill Flores of Texas, head of the Republican Study Committee, said the hard-liners often seemed bent on destruction. ‘If you look at what’s happened the last few weeks, you have had people trying to burn the House down,’ he said.”

       -    New York Times, 9/27/2015