THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Daily Leader

For Immediate Release:

2015-02-24T00:00:00

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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.

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 4:00 p.m. At that time, the House will reconvene and consider the three bills listed for consideration under suspension of the Rules. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Suspensions (3 bills)

H.R. 212 - Drinking Water Protection Act, as amended (Rep. Latta - Energy and Commerce)
H.R. 734 - Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 (Rep. Scalise - Energy and Commerce)
H.R. 1020 - STEM Education Act of 2015 (Rep. Smith (TX) - Science, Space, and Technology)

TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, February 25: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 529 - To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Improve 529 Plans (Rep. Jenkins - Ways and Means) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to begin consideration of H.R. 5 - "Student Success Act" (Rep. Kline - Education and the Workforce) (Subject to a Rule). Additionally, the House is expected to consider S. 227- Strengthening Education Through Research Act (Sen. Alexander - Education and the Workforce) - under suspension of the Rules.

The Daily Quote
"Senior Senate Republicans said a DHS shutdown would be a political debacle given the increased violence in the Middle East and new threats of attack against U.S. and European shopping malls. 'I do believe in this time where we have the kind of threats that we have from all over the world, we certainly need to make sure that Homeland Security is fully funded...' [Sen. Bob] Corker [R-TN] said Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press'. 'I hope my House colleagues will understand that our best bet is to challenge this in court, that if we don't fund the Department of Homeland Security, we'll get blamed as a party,' [Sen. Lindsey] Graham [R-SC] said on ABC's 'This Week'... [Sen. John] McCain [R-AZ] said that he is 'angry' over the president's unilateral move but that Republicans are destined to be blamed for a DHS shutdown, which could undermine their broader standing on the issue. 'I remember last time we shut down the whole government,' McCain said... 'I don't want to see that movie again.'" - Washington Post, 2/23/2015

The Daily Quote

"Senior Senate Republicans said a DHS shutdown would be a political debacle given the increased violence in the Middle East and new threats of attack against U.S. and European shopping malls. 'I do believe in this time where we have the kind of threats that we have from all over the world, we certainly need to make sure that Homeland Security is fully funded...' [Sen. Bob] Corker [R-TN] said Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press'. 'I hope my House colleagues will understand that our best bet is to challenge this in court, that if we don't fund the Department of Homeland Security, we'll get blamed as a party,' [Sen. Lindsey] Graham [R-SC] said on ABC's 'This Week'... [Sen. John] McCain [R-AZ] said that he is 'angry' over the president's unilateral move but that Republicans are destined to be blamed for a DHS shutdown, which could undermine their broader standing on the issue. 'I remember last time we shut down the whole government,' McCain said... 'I don't want to see that movie again.'"

- Washington Post, 2/23/2015