01/05/11 12:35 PM
ELECTION CREDENTIALS FOR DELEGATES - The Clerk notified the House that election credentials for all Delegates and Resident Commissioners had been received.
01/05/11 12:34 PM
Call of the States Quorum responded: 434 present (Roll no. 1).
01/05/11 12:05 PM
CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION - The Clerk announced that Certificates of Election covering 435 seats in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress had been received and the names of those persons whose credentials show that they were regularly elected as Representatives in accordance with the laws of their respective States of the United States would be called. Without objection, the Representatives-elect were directed to record their presence by electronic device in order to determine whether a quorum was present.
01/05/11 12:04 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Clerk led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
01/05/11 12:01 PM
Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Daniel Coughlin.
01/05/11 12:01 PM
Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev. Daniel Coughlin.
01/05/11 12:00 PM
The House convened, starting a new legislative day, pursuant to the 20th amendment to the Constitution and fixed by Public Law 111-289, for the meeting of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress of the United States.
