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Archived Floor Update :
Please find the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 4 – Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (Rep. Sewell – Judiciary).
Democrats are urged to VOTE NO on the Motion to Recommit.
Democrats are urged to VOTE NO on the Motion to Recommit.
If you have any questions please contact: Shuwanza Goff, Ray Salazar, or Deborah Rowe at 5-3130.
Press Release :
Next week, the House of Representatives will pass the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
Archived Floor Update :
The House has begun one hour of debate on the combined Rule providing for consideration of H.Res. 326 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution and H.R. 4 – Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019.
After debate on the Rule, the House will begin one hour of general debate on H.R 2534 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act.
After debate on the Rule, the House will begin one hour of general debate on H.R 2534 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act.
Archived Floor Update :
At approximately 2:10 - 2:15 p.m., the House will take the following votes on H.R. 2534 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act:
- (IF REQUESTED) Huizenga Amendment – Replaces the bill’s standard of illegal insider trading while “aware of” material nonpublic information with trading while “using” material nonpublic information.
Daily Leader :
| FLOOR SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019 | ||
Press Release :
For years, Republicans have pushed to make life harder for everyday families living on the brink. This latest Trump Administration rule is yet another mean-spirited attempt to block critical nutrition assistance for low-income people across the country.
Press Release :
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), and Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Don Beyer (VA-08), Anthony Brown (MD-04), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) sent a letter to the Chairs of the Armed Services Committees, who are leading the conference committee working to reconcile the House- and Senate-passed versions of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Press Release :
I want to thank my good friend Rep. Denny Heck for his hard work on behalf of the people of Washington State and the United States in the House for the past six years.
Archived Floor Update :
Today, the House meets at 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. There will be up to fifteen “One Minutes” per side.
Following “One Minutes,” the House will begin one hour of debate on the combined Rule providing for consideration of H.Res. 326 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution and H.R. 4 – Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019.
Following “One Minutes,” the House will begin one hour of debate on the combined Rule providing for consideration of H.Res. 326 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution and H.R. 4 – Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019.
Archived Floor Update :
The House is now taking the following votes:
- Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule (H.Res. 739) – VOTE YES – 15 minutes
- H.Res. 739 – Rule Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2534 – Insider Trading Prohibition Act (Rep. Himes – Financial Services) – VOTE YES – 5 minutes
- S. 151 – Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, as amended (Sen.