03/10/10 11:22 PM
The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on March 11, 2010.
On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
Ms. Jackson Lee (TX) moved that the House do now adjourn.
03/10/10 7:40 PM
SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
03/10/10 7:39 PM
Mr. Jones requested the following general leaves to address the House on March 17: Mr. Poe of TX for 5 min, himself for 5 min, and Mr. Moran of KS for 5 min.
Mr. Jones requested that Mr. McCotter be allowed to address the House for 5 minutes on March 12.
Mr. Jones requested the following general leaves to address the House on March 11: Mr. Bishop of UT for 5 min and Mr. McCotter for 5 min.
03/10/10 7:34 PM
ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
03/10/10 7:32 PM
The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting a notification that the national emergency with respect to Iran shall continue - referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 111-97).
03/10/10 7:32 PM
H.R. 4573:
to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Directors at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and other multilateral development institutions to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to cancel immediately and completely Haiti's debts to such institutions, and for other purposes
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
03/10/10 6:42 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4573.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Meeks (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until a time to be announced.
03/10/10 6:41 PM
Pursuant to clause 8, rule XX, the Speaker postponed, until a time to be announced, the roll call vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4506, as amended, which was ordered on Tuesday, March 9, 2010; and the motion to suspend the rules and agree to H.Res. 1107, which was ordered on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
03/10/10 6:40 PM
H. Res. 1156:
electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives
03/10/10 6:40 PM
The House received a communication from the Honorable John D. Dingell. Pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dingell notified the House that he had been served with a subpoena for testimony and documents by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and that after consultation with the Office of General Counsel, he had determined that compliance with the subpoena was inconsistent with the precedents and privileges of the House.
The House received a communication from the Honorable Carolyn C. Kilpatrick. Pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, Ms. Kilpatrick notified the House that she had been served with a grand jury subpoena for testimony by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and that after consultation with her attorney, she would make the determination required by the rule.
