03/02/11 7:56 PM
The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on March 3, 2011.
On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. King (IA) moved that the House do now adjourn.
03/02/11 5:54 PM
SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House resumed with special order speeches.
03/02/11 5:50 PM
The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting a notice stating that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011 -referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 112-12).
03/02/11 4:54 PM
SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
03/02/11 4:44 PM
ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
03/02/11 4:44 PM
H.R. 662:
to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs
03/02/11 4:42 PM
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 421 - 4 (Roll no. 160).
03/02/11 4:36 PM
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 181 - 246, 2 Present (Roll no. 159).
03/02/11 4:19 PM
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
03/02/11 4:10 PM
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Polis (CO) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the Committee on Transportation to report the bill back to the House forthwith with an amendment which inserts a section rescinding all unobligated balances of contract authority provided or reserved for planning, design, or construction of the Gravina Island bridge, Alaska, or the Knik Arm bridge, Alaska.
