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Archived Floor Update :
The House has begun three hours of debate on H.R. 1425 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
After debate on H.R. 1425, the House will begin one hour of debate on H.R. 7301 – Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020.
Following debate on H.R. 7301, the House will take votes, by groups. These will be the last votes of the day.
After debate on H.R. 1425, the House will begin one hour of debate on H.R. 7301 – Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020.
Following debate on H.R. 7301, the House will take votes, by groups. These will be the last votes of the day.
Archived Floor Update :
Today, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. There will be up to fifteen “One Minutes” per side.
Following “One Minutes,” the House will begin three hours of debate on H.R. 1425 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
After debate on H.R. 1425, the House will begin one hour of debate on H.R. 7301 – Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020.
Following “One Minutes,” the House will begin three hours of debate on H.R. 1425 – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.
After debate on H.R. 1425, the House will begin one hour of debate on H.R. 7301 – Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020.
Archived Floor Update :
The House has completed debate on H.R. 5332 – Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019.
The House has begun debate on H.J.Res. 90 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to “Community Reinvestment Act Regulations”.
The House has begun debate on H.J.Res. 90 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to “Community Reinvestment Act Regulations”.
Archived Floor Update :
The House has begun debate on H.R. 5332 – Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019.
Following debate on H.R. 5332, the House will debate H.J.Res. 90 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to “Community Reinvestment Act Regulations”.
Following debate on H.R. 5332, the House will debate H.J.Res. 90 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to “Community Reinvestment Act Regulations”.
Archived Floor Update :
The House is now taking the following vote, beginning with Group 1 (Rep. Abraham to Rep. Cohen):
- Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 51 – VOTE NO – Minimum of 5 Minutes
Archived Floor Update :
The House is now taking the following vote, beginning with Group 1 (Rep. Abraham to Rep. Cohen):
- Passage of H.R. 51 – Washington, D.C. Admission Act (Rep. Norton – Oversight and Reform) – VOTE YES – Minimum of 5 Minutes
This is the last vote for the week
Archived Floor Update :
The House is now taking the following vote, beginning with Group 1 (Rep. Abraham to Rep. Cohen):
- Passage of H.J.Res. 76, the Objections of the President to the Contrary Notwithstanding (Veto Override) – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" (Rep.
Speech :
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill, and I thank Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and her extraordinary quest, keeping her eye on the prize to make sure that the citizens she represents have full citizenship. I’m proud to stand with her in supporting statehood for the people of the District of Columbia…I want to thank Mayor Bowser with whom I have been proud to work [with] to move this issue forward, with the leadership of Delegate Holmes Norton. I made clear when we announced that the House would consider this bill today, the people who call our nation's capital home have been disenfranchised and shortchanged for too long. Martin Luther king said how long? Too long.