09/09/09 9:10 PM
The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on September 10, 2009.
On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
Ms. Wasserman Schultz moved that the House do now adjourn.
09/09/09 9:09 PM
Ms. Wasserman-Schultz asked unanimous consent that the President's message be referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered printed as a House Document (H. Doc. 111-62). Agreed to without objection.
09/09/09 9:07 PM
JOINT SESSION DISSOLVED - The Speaker declared the Joint Session to be dissolved.
09/09/09 7:46 PM
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 179, the House is meeting in Joint Session with the Senate for the purpose of receiving a communication from the President of the United States.
09/09/09 7:45 PM
The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of September 9.
09/09/09 3:31 PM
The Speaker announced that the House do now recess until approximately 7:30 p.m. at which time the House will meet in Joint Session with the Senate to receive a communication from the President of the United States.
09/09/09 3:30 PM
The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on August 7, 2009, at 12:52 p.m.: That the Senate transmitted appointments to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
09/09/09 3:29 PM
The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on August 7, 2009, at 9:16 a.m.: That the Senate passed with an amendment H.R. 1016; that the Senate passed without amendment H.R. 3325; and that the Senate transmitted appointments to the British-American Interparliamentary Group and the Board of Directors of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center.
09/09/09 3:28 PM
The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on August 6, 2009, at 8:27 p.m.: That the Senate passed without amendment H.R. 3435.
09/09/09 3:28 PM
H. Res. 722:
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 693).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
