THE DAILY WHIP: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014

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2014-11-19T00:00:00

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House Meets At:	First Vote Predicted:	Last Vote Predicted:
10:00 a.m.: Morning Hour 12:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Fifteen “One Minutes”	2:00 – 2:30 p.m.	2:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Suspensions (6 bills)

H.R. 5448 – John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2014 (Rep. Barletta – Transportation and Infrastructure)
H.R. 5728– STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (Rep. Upton – Energy and Commerce)
H.R. 5681 – To provide for the approval of the Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes (Rep. Royce – Foreign Affairs)
H.Res. 754 – Condemning the Government of Iran for its gross human rights violations (Rep. Royce – Foreign Affairs)
H.R. 3398 – Girls Count Act of 2014, as amended(Rep. Chabot – Foreign Affairs)
H.R. 3583 – Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act, as amended (Rep. Ros-Lehtinen – Foreign Affairs)

H.R. 4012 – Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 (Rep. Schweikert – Science, Space, and Technology) (One Hour of Debate). This bill would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing or disseminating any rule, regulation or other "covered action" unless all scientific and technical information relied upon to support that decision is made available to the public in a manner where the research can be independently analyzed and substantially reproduced. This reporting requirement would force the EPA to ignore any research that uses information related to personal health and other confidential data that is legally protected from disclosure – jeopardizing its ability to use best-available scientific data and weakening its scientific integrity.

Further, by requiring the creation of detailed descriptions of all materials, data, codes and models used to create rules, as well as instructions on how to access and use them, the EPA would be forced to waste limited funds working through burdensome reporting requirements instead of establishing safety protections.

In the Statement of Administration Policy, the President's senior advisors stated that they would recommend a veto of the bill. With only a few legislative days remaining before the end of the year, House Republicans should be addressing a number of time-sensitive issues that need to be dealt with instead of wasting valuable Floor time on partisan messaging bills that undermine the EPA’s ability to protect the health of Americans.

The Rule, which was adopted yesterday, makes in order 2 amendments, debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided between the offeror and an opponent. The amendments are:

Gosar Amendment. Mandates that the EPA make all scientific and technical information relied upon for rulemaking available online before proposing or finalizing new regulations.
Kennedy/McGovern/Clark Amendment.Allows the EPA to use all peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Bill Text for H.R. 4012:
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Background for H.R. 4012:
House Report (HTML Version)
House Report (PDF Version)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Thursday, November 20: The House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to consider H.R. 4795 – Promoting New Manufacturing Act (Rep. Scalise – Energy and Commerce).

The Daily Quote
“Top Republicans say two things are clear: Last year’s government shutdown hurt the party. And Republicans must not let the president’s pending immigration action bait them into a repeat. But some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers from safe districts don’t see it that way. They say another shutdown must be an option if President Barack Obama keeps his promise to halt, by executive action, the threat of deportation for large numbers of immigrants living here illegally. The disagreement may force Republican leaders to quell an insurrection just when they hope to capitalize on what they consider a presidential blunder. Republican Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana said he’s tired of conservative pundits criticizing government shutdowns ‘rather than saying, “Hey, this could be a good way of holding the president’s feet to the fire.”’ … ‘I don’t think anybody wants a shutdown, but you’ve got to play the cards you’re dealt,’ Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R] said. ‘I don’t think that is off the table at all.’” - Associated Press, 11/19/2014

The Daily Quote

“Top Republicans say two things are clear: Last year’s government shutdown hurt the party. And Republicans must not let the president’s pending immigration action bait them into a repeat. But some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers from safe districts don’t see it that way. They say another shutdown must be an option if President Barack Obama keeps his promise to halt, by executive action, the threat of deportation for large numbers of immigrants living here illegally. The disagreement may force Republican leaders to quell an insurrection just when they hope to capitalize on what they consider a presidential blunder. Republican Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana said he’s tired of conservative pundits criticizing government shutdowns ‘rather than saying, “Hey, this could be a good way of holding the president’s feet to the fire.”’ … ‘I don’t think anybody wants a shutdown, but you’ve got to play the cards you’re dealt,’ Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R] said. ‘I don’t think that is off the table at all.’”

- Associated Press, 11/19/2014