THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016

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2016-02-09T00:00:00

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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 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 (12 bills)

H.R. 4437 – To extend the deadline for the submittal of the final report required by the Commission on Care (Rep. Miller (FL) – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 3106 – Construction Reform Act of 2016, as amended (Rep. Miller (FL) – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 3016 – Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act, as amended (Rep. Wenstrup – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 2360 – Career-Ready Student Veterans Act (Rep. Takano – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 3262 – To provide for the conveyance of land of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Danville, Illinois (Rep. Shimkus – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 4056 – To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida, as amended (Rep. Mica – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 677 – American Heroes COLA Act of 2015, as amended (Rep. Abraham – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 3234 – VA Medical Center Recovery Act, as amended (Rep. Roby – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 2915 – Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (Rep. Brownley – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 3036 – 9/11 Memorial Act (Rep. MacArthur – Natural Resources)
H.R. 890 – To correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit P16 (Rep. Clawson – Natural Resources)
H.R. 3894 – To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt notification of State Child Protective Services by military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense required by law to report suspected instances of child abuse and neglect (Rep. Gabbard – Armed Services)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, February 10: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 3293 – Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (Rep. Smith (TX) – Science, Space, and Technology) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to begin consideration of H.R. 3442 – Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act (Rep. Marchant – Ways and Means) (Subject to a Rule). Lastly, the House is expected to consider H.R. 4470 – Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act, As Amended (Rep. Kildee – Energy and Commerce) – under suspension of the Rules.

The Daily Quote
“Breaking with a 41-year-old tradition, the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate budget committees announced that they would not even give the president’s budget director, Shaun Donovan, the usual hearings in their panels this week… G. William Hoagland, who was the Republican staff director at the Senate Budget Committee for much of the 1980s and 1990s, and is senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, said he could not recall a year since the modern budget process took effect in the 1970s when a president’s budget director was not invited to testify before the budget committees. ‘While the last budget of an outgoing president is usually aspirational, and sets a theme for what he or she hopes will be followed up by his or her successor, it nonetheless should be reviewed by the Congress,’ Mr. Hoagland said.” - New York Times, 2/8/2016

The Daily Quote

“Breaking with a 41-year-old tradition, the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate budget committees announced that they would not even give the president’s budget director, Shaun Donovan, the usual hearings in their panels this week… G. William Hoagland, who was the Republican staff director at the Senate Budget Committee for much of the 1980s and 1990s, and is senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, said he could not recall a year since the modern budget process took effect in the 1970s when a president’s budget director was not invited to testify before the budget committees. ‘While the last budget of an outgoing president is usually aspirational, and sets a theme for what he or she hopes will be followed up by his or her successor, it nonetheless should be reviewed by the Congress,’ Mr. Hoagland said.”

- New York Times, 2/8/2016