12/15/09 12:46 PM
Considered as unfinished business.
12/15/09 12:45 PM
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 recorded vote (2/3 required): 414 - 1 (Roll no. 972).
12/15/09 12:38 PM
Considered as unfinished business.
12/15/09 12:37 PM
H. Res. 894:
honoring the 50th anniversary of the recording of the album "Kind of Blue" and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure
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 the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 971).
12/15/09 12:37 PM
UNFINSIHED 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 proceedings had been postponed.
12/15/09 12:09 PM
Considered as unfinished business.
12/15/09 12:09 PM
H.R. 4194:
to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from the application of the conflict of interest rules under section 205 of such title
12/15/09 12:08 PM
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Cohen objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
12/15/09 11:59 AM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4194.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
12/15/09 11:59 AM
H. Res. 905:
recognizing the 70th anniversary of the retirement of Justice Louis D. Brandeis from the United States Supreme Court
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.
