THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016

Daily Leader

For Immediate Release:

2016-05-10T00:00:00

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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 3:30 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 (10 bills)

S. 2755 – Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016 (Sen. Blunt – House Administration)
H.R. 4063 – Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act, as amended (Rep. Bilirakis – Veterans’ Affairs)
H.R. 4957 – To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building” (Rep. Carson – Transportation and Infrastructure)
H.R. 4985 – Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016 (Rep. Katko – Foreign Affairs)
S. 32 – Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 (Sen. Feinstein – Judiciary)
H.R. 5048 – Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 (Rep. Guinta – Judiciary)
H.R. 5052 – OPEN Act, as amended (Rep. McCarthy – Judiciary)
S. 125 – Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Sen. Leahy – Judiciary)
H.R. 2137 – Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015 (Rep. Collins (GA) – Judiciary)
H.R. 3209– Recovering Missing Children Act (Rep. Paulsen – Ways and Means)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, May 11: The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 4641 – To provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes (Rep. Brooks (IN) – Energy and Commerce) (Subject to a Rule). The House is also expected to consider bills under suspension of the Rules.

The Daily Quote
“The nation’s governors are pressing Congress for ‘swift’ action to approve new funding to fight the Zika virus. ‘As Congress returns from recess… the nation’s governors urge the Administration and Congress to work together to reach agreement on the appropriate funding levels needed to prepare for and combat the Zika virus,’ the National Governors Association (NGA) said in a statement… Public health experts have been warning that the virus will ramp up in the continental United States as the weather gets warmer… Republican lawmakers, particularly in the House, have resisted approving emergency funding requested by the White House.” - The Hill, 5/10/2016

The Daily Quote

“The nation’s governors are pressing Congress for ‘swift’ action to approve new funding to fight the Zika virus. ‘As Congress returns from recess… the nation’s governors urge the Administration and Congress to work together to reach agreement on the appropriate funding levels needed to prepare for and combat the Zika virus,’ the National Governors Association (NGA) said in a statement… Public health experts have been warning that the virus will ramp up in the continental United States as the weather gets warmer… Republican lawmakers, particularly in the House, have resisted approving emergency funding requested by the White House.”

- The Hill, 5/10/2016