10/21/09 1:20 PM
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of motions to suspend the rules which had been debated earlier and on which further proceeding had been postponed.
10/21/09 1:19 PM
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
10/21/09 1:06 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 823.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
10/21/09 1:06 PM
H. Res. 175:
condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights
10/21/09 1:05 PM
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
10/21/09 12:50 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 175.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
10/21/09 12:50 PM
H. Res. 672:
calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to release imprisoned bloggers and respect Internet freedom
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
10/21/09 12:25 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 672.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Ms. Watson moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
10/21/09 12:25 PM
H. Res. 761:
remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 16, 1989
10/21/09 12:24 PM
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
