THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015

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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”	No Votes Expected	No Votes Expected

**Members are advised that no votes are expected in the House today. Any recorded votes requested will be postponed until tomorrow.

**Members are also advised that at approximately 5:30 p.m., the House will recess to allow for a security sweep of the House Chamber prior to the President’s State of the Union address. The House will meet again at approximately 8:35 p.m. in a joint session with the Senate for the purposes of receiving an address from the President of the United States. Members are requested to be on the Floor and seated no later than 8:25 p.m.

Suspension (1 bill)

H.Res. __– Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in the deaths of seventeen innocent persons and offering condolences to those personally affected by this cowardly act (Rep. Poe – Foreign Affairs)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, January 21: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 161 – Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (Rep. Pompeo – Energy and Commerce) (Subject to a Rule).

The Daily Quote
“Typically when Republicans retreat to swank locales like this ahead of a fresh Congress, they emerge with some sort of grand plan… But the GOP gathering that ended Friday ended up being little more than a chocolate-infused meet-and-greet… More than 250 Republicans milled about the Hershey Lodge, name tags swinging from their necks, wondering what exactly they were doing here… Republicans never expected to solve all their problems here, but the Congress of Tomorrow retreat offered little in the way of what will actually come tomorrow, next week, next month or next year… Republicans left here — and many of them didn’t even stay until the end —with no better idea about how they will fund the Department of Homeland Security at the end of February. No better idea whether they’ll get the rewrite of the Tax Code they’ve been pining for. All they’ve learned is that House bills typically don’t stand a chance to pass the Senate. There are also unsolved divisions among House Republicans on next week’s 20-week abortion ban bill, with some female members calling the bill too aggressive.” - Politico, 1/16/2015

The Daily Quote

“Typically when Republicans retreat to swank locales like this ahead of a fresh Congress, they emerge with some sort of grand plan… But the GOP gathering that ended Friday ended up being little more than a chocolate-infused meet-and-greet… More than 250 Republicans milled about the Hershey Lodge, name tags swinging from their necks, wondering what exactly they were doing here… Republicans never expected to solve all their problems here, but the Congress of Tomorrow retreat offered little in the way of what will actually come tomorrow, next week, next month or next year… Republicans left here — and many of them didn’t even stay until the end —with no better idea about how they will fund the Department of Homeland Security at the end of February. No better idea whether they’ll get the rewrite of the Tax Code they’ve been pining for. All they’ve learned is that House bills typically don’t stand a chance to pass the Senate. There are also unsolved divisions among House Republicans on next week’s 20-week abortion ban bill, with some female members calling the bill too aggressive.”

- Politico, 1/16/2015