House - January 16, 2007

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House - January 16, 2007 - week 3
110th - United States Congress

Speaker of the House	Nancy Pelosi
Majority Leader	Steny Hoyer
Minority Leader	Mitch McConnell
Previous	January 15, 2007
Next	January 17, 2007

This is the daily summary of the actions in United States House of Representatives in the 110th United States Congress for January 16, 2007 during week 3 of this Congress' term. For a summary of the actions in the Senate click here, and for Congress as a whole on this date, click here.

1 House Daily Summary
- 1.1 On the Floor
- 1.2 In the Committees
2 Resources

House Daily Summary

Overview

Today was a relatively light day in the House, and nothing that was a part of the Democrats’ “100 Hours” agenda was considered. The Democratic leadership will get to that tomorrow. In that spirit though, it will be a light day for us.

Do remember that, for most of the day, committee work was being done. Crafting legislation is no easy task and sometimes it requires that members be gone from the floor all day long. We encourage you to research what committees are currently engaged in.

The House got around to passing three symbolic resolutions, described below. There is little reason to “analyze” the text of the resolutions, so we’ll leave reading them up to you. _____

H.Res. 61 is a resolution commemorating the work and life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It passed the House by a vote of 418-0. It is hardly unexpected that no one wanted to oppose the legacy of Dr. King.

H.Res. 39 is a resolution congratulating the University of Florida Gators for their victory in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title game, in which they defeated Ohio State 41-14. It passed the House by a vote 414-1, with three members voting present. The single Congressman voting “no” on the resolution was Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA). The three members voting present were Rep. John Barrow (D-GA), Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA). If anyone has an idea why these members would be opposed to the resolution, leave a comment. Interestingly enough, almost all of the members of the Ohio delegation to Congress voted in favor of the resolution.

H.Res. 43 is a resolution commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2007 Fiesta Bowl and completing an undefeated season. It passed the House by a vote of 415-0, with two members voting present. Again, Reps. Linder and Stark lead the crew of naysayers (or in this case, presentsayers).

On the Floor

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In the Committees

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Resources

References

Jan. 5, 2007 Update - U.S. House Digest blog
Legislative Day of January 5, 2007 110TH Congress - First Session - Office of the Clerk

External Links

The United States House of Representatives - Offical Gov. Site
Recent bills introduced in Congress - THOMAS

This page was last modified 00:48, 4 February 2007 by dKosopedia user Lestatdelc. Content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.