09/18/14 1:00 PM
The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is subject to the call of the Chair.
09/18/14 12:59 PM
The House received a communication from the Honorable Bill Shuster, Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Mr. Shuster notified the House that on September 17, 2014, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met in open session to consider resolutions to authorize 12 prospectuses, including two alteration projects, one construction project, and three leases included in the General Services Administration's FY2014 and FY2015 Capital Investment and Leasing Programs and transmitted copies of the adopted resolutions.
09/18/14 12:58 PM H. Res. 727
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 727, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 727 and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Polis demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
09/18/14 12:02 PM H. Res. 727
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 727.
09/18/14 12:02 PM H. Res. 727
Considered as privileged matter. H. Res. 727 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy; to ensure transport of that energy reliably to businesses, consumers, and other end users; to lower the cost of energy to consumers; to enable manufacturers and other businesses to access domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs; and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4) to make revisions to Federal law to improve the conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2014, through November 11, 2014."
09/18/14 12:02 PM
PROCEEDINGS PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Mr. Sessions asked unanimous consent that the proceedings had during the recess be printed in the Congressional Record. Agreed to without objection.
09/18/14 12:01 PM
The House convened, returning from a recess continuing the legislative day of September 18.
09/18/14 11:02 AM
The Speaker announced that the Joint Meeting was dissolved. The House remains in recess subject to the Call of the Chair.
09/18/14 11:02 AM
JOINT MEETING DISSOLVED - The Speaker announced that the Joint Meeting was dissolved. The House remains in recess subject to the Call of the Chair.
09/18/14 10:00 AM
JOINT MEETING - The House has reconvened in Joint Meeting with the Senate to receive an address by His Excellency Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine.
