Article: REP. BOEHNER: IF MAJORITY RESTRICTS MOTIONS TO RECOMMIT, 'REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SHUT DOWN THE HOUSE'

Article: Question of checks and balances Do Democrats also pass out PAC money on House floor?
The Boston Globe;  May 23, 1996 ;     399 words ......tobacco group's checks on the House floor became tongue-tied yesterday...to other lawmakers on the House floor. Gephardt called that "turning...distributing checks on the House floor -- so that members of Congress...asked whether they'd ever passed out checks on the ...

Article: ON HOUSE FLOOR, REP. KELLY PUSHES BILL TO PROTECT SMALL BUSINESSES FROM EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 22, 2006 ;     365 words ......today took to the House floor to push her legislation...Reform Committee passed Kelly's legislation...eligible for a House floor vote. "When federal...colleagues on the House floor. "In small business...Association. "We have passed important legislation...businesses. We ...

Article: NET-RELATED BILLS HEAD TO HOUSE FLOOR
United Press International;  October 10, 2001 ;     589 words ......Net-related bills head to House floor WASHINGTON, Oct 10, 2001...on Wednesday sent to the House floor a bill to extend by 2 years...much the same debate, but passed 19-15 in a largely non-partisan...reported favorably to the House floor on a voice vote. The ...

Article: REP. DAVIS SUPPORTS MEASURE ELIMINATING HOUSE FLOOR PRIVILEGES FOR FORMER CONGRESSMEN TURNED LOBBYISTS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2006 ;     296 words ......H. Res. 648) that would eliminate House floor privileges for former Members of...now registered lobbyists. Current House rules allow former Members of Congress unrestricted access to the House floor. Under this legislation, which passed the House 379-50, this ...

Article: Net-related bills head to House floor.
United Press International;  October 10, 2001 ;     573 words ...WASHINGTON, Oct 10, 2001 The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent to the House floor a bill to extend by 2 years the current...years faced much the same debate, but passed 19-15 in a largely non-partisan vote...was then reported favorably to the House floor on a voice vote. The ...

Article: FIERCE FIGHT EXPECTED IF INTERCHANGE BILL REACHES HOUSE FLOOR.
Cardline;  July 18, 2008 ;     231 words ......the political parties. The bill now moves closer to the House floor, and observers say the Senate likely will hold extensive...the interchange legislation as well. The House committee passed the bill by a 19 to 16 vote after nearly four hours of what...CardLine the bill stands a good chance to reach the ...

Article: AIMING AT ALCOHOL ABUSE THREE BILLS OK'D FOR READING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR DEAL WITH CRACKING DOWN ON ALCOHOL-RELATED INFRACTIONS.
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  January 27, 2005 ;     503 words ......conviction in seven years a felony passed the House Judiciary Committee...committee OK'd for reading on the House floor. Among those bills are stiffer...offenders, who under a law passed in 2003 become felons with...effectiveness of the current law. They passed HB 139 with an ...

Article: Briefs; 0.08% drunken driving bill sent to House floor.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 8, 1997 ;     474 words ......for drunken driving narrowly passed the House Ways and Means Committee...Wednesday, setting the scene for a House floor vote as early as Friday. The...driving ever to reach the House floor. If enacted, he said, it would...get the Twins bill onto the House floor for a vote. She ...

Article: School funding formula sent to House floor
St. Joseph News-Press;  May 5, 2005 ;     389 words ......Wednesday breathed new life into the bill and sent it to the House floor. The Foundation Formula bill, authored by Sen. Charlie Shields, R- St. Joseph, passed by a 15-8 vote. A similar version of the bill failed 14...work but said those changes could be accomplished on the House floor, or ...

Article: GOP PRESENTS FOUR REDISTRICTING PLANS PLANS TO DRAW BORDERS FOR SEVEN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WILL BE DEBATED TODAY ON HOUSE FLOOR.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 11, 2002 ;     441 words ......add a seventh seat. The four proposals passed the House State Veterans and Military...Thursday and are up for debate on the House floor today. Lawmakers only have 11 working...worked on for months, HB1072, onto the House floor. ``When you try to divide the state up...

Article: AFRICA TRADE BILL HEADS FOR THE HOUSE FLOOR TOMORROW ROYCE, OTHER LEADERS CALL FOR QUICK PASSAGE IN HOUSE AND SENATE
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  July 14, 1999 ;     399 words ......RELEASE JULY 14, 1999 Africa Trade Bill Heads for the House Floor Tomorrow Royce, other leaders call for quick passage in House and Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Subcommittee on Africa Chairman Ed Royce said Thursday...and Opportunity Act (H.R. 434) is on its way to the House ...

Article: GOP Tax-Cut Bill Sent to House Floor; Lower Corporate Rates Would Cost $60 Billion Over 10 Years
The Washington Post;  October 29, 2003 ;     554 words ......Ways and Means Committee Republicans yesterday sent to the House floor a wide-ranging corporate-tax-cut bill that would cost the...committee in recent months. Prospects for the bill that passed are doubtful on the House floor, several members on both sides of the aisle indicated. The Senate ...

Article: District Wins Right to Vote On House Floor
The Washington Post;  December 9, 1992 ;     700+ words ......give Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) a vote on the House floor, starting in January. House Democrats voted in a closed-do...the vast majority of the House's business. Most of the House floor sessions technically are meetings of the committee of...little discussion of the measure and no ...

Article: REP. LINDER WATER COMMISSION BILL HEADS TO HOUSE FLOOR: THIRD TIME MAY BE CHARM
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 16, 2008 ;     447 words ......Twenty-First Century Water Commission," passed the full Transportation and Infrastructure...will soon be scheduled for a vote on the House floor. The bill has passed the House floor in the last two Congresses, but was never...