THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Daily Leader

For Immediate Release:

2015-02-10T00:00:00

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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 4:30 p.m. At that time, the House will reconvene and consider the first three bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

**Members are advised that H.R. 710 will be considered after last votes this evening. Any recorded vote requested will be postponed until tomorrow.

Suspensions (4 bills)

H.R. 810 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2015 (Rep. Palazzo – Science, Space, and Technology)
H.R. 719– TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2015 (Rep. Katko – Homeland Security)
H.R. 720 – Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015 (Rep. Katko – Homeland Security)
H.R. 710 – Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act (Rep. Jackson-Lee – Homeland Security)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, February 11: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider S. 1– Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (Sen. Hoeven – Transportation and Infrastructure/Energy and Commerce) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to consider H.R. 431 – To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Rep. Sewell – Financial Services) – under suspension of the Rules.

The Daily Quote
“Republicans in Congress are off to a less than flying start after a month in power, dividing their own conference more than Democrats. Take the response to President Obama’s immigration order, which seems headed for failure if not a more spectacular crack-up… The Republican leadership funded the rest of the government in December’s budget deal but isolated the Department of Homeland Security that enforces immigration law. DHS funding runs out this month, and the GOP has now marched itself into another box canyon… The overall $40 billion DHS spending bill passed…with 10 Republicans joining all but two Democrats in opposition. This lack of GOP unity reduced the chances that Senate Democrats would feel any political pressure to go along. And, lo, on Thursday the House bill failed for the third time to gain the 60 votes needed to overcome the third Democratic filibuster in three days… Restrictionists like Sens. Ted Cruz [R-TX] and Jeff Sessions [R-AL] are offering their familiar advice to fight harder and hold firm against ‘executive amnesty,’ but as usual their strategy for victory is nowhere to be found. So Republicans are now heading toward the same cul de sac that they did on the ObamaCare government shutdown. If Homeland Security funding lapses on Feb. 27, the agency will be pushed into a partial shutdown even as the terrorist threat is at the forefront of public attention with the Charlie Hebdo and Islamic State murders. Imagine if the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of DHS, fails to intercept an Islamic State agent en route to Detroit. So Republicans are facing what is likely to be another embarrassing political retreat and more intra-party recriminations. The GOP’s restrictionist wing will blame the leadership for a failure they share responsibility for, and the rest of America will wonder anew about the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.” - Wall Street Journal Editorial, 2/8/2015

The Daily Quote

“Republicans in Congress are off to a less than flying start after a month in power, dividing their own conference more than Democrats. Take the response to President Obama’s immigration order, which seems headed for failure if not a more spectacular crack-up… The Republican leadership funded the rest of the government in December’s budget deal but isolated the Department of Homeland Security that enforces immigration law. DHS funding runs out this month, and the GOP has now marched itself into another box canyon… The overall $40 billion DHS spending bill passed…with 10 Republicans joining all but two Democrats in opposition. This lack of GOP unity reduced the chances that Senate Democrats would feel any political pressure to go along. And, lo, on Thursday the House bill failed for the third time to gain the 60 votes needed to overcome the third Democratic filibuster in three days… Restrictionists like Sens. Ted Cruz [R-TX] and Jeff Sessions [R-AL] are offering their familiar advice to fight harder and hold firm against ‘executive amnesty,’ but as usual their strategy for victory is nowhere to be found. So Republicans are now heading toward the same cul de sac that they did on the ObamaCare government shutdown. If Homeland Security funding lapses on Feb. 27, the agency will be pushed into a partial shutdown even as the terrorist threat is at the forefront of public attention with the Charlie Hebdo and Islamic State murders. Imagine if the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of DHS, fails to intercept an Islamic State agent en route to Detroit. So Republicans are facing what is likely to be another embarrassing political retreat and more intra-party recriminations. The GOP’s restrictionist wing will blame the leadership for a failure they share responsibility for, and the rest of America will wonder anew about the gang that couldn’t shoot straight.”

- Wall Street Journal Editorial, 2/8/2015