Next week's House schedule

[paineinthearse]

From the whip.

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The Republican Leadership has announced the following program for the week of June 27, 2005:

monday, JUNE 27, 2005

The House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

1) H.Res. 312 - Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States (Rep. Gary Miller - Financial Services)

2) H.R. 358 - Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act (Rep. Snyder - Financial Services)

3) H.R. 458 - Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act (Rep. Davis {KY} - Financial Services)

4) H.Con.Res. 71 - Expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a Caribbean-American Heritage Month (Rep. Lee - Government Reform)

5) H.R. 2346 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 105 NW Railroad Avenue in Hammond, Louisiana, as the "John J. Hainkel Post Office Building" (Rep. Jindal - Government Reform)

6) H.R. 2490 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Mayor Joseph S. Daddona Memorial Post Office (Rep. Dent - Government Reform)

7) H.Con.Res. 152 - Commemorating Mystic Seaport: the Museum of America and the Sea in recognition of its 75th year (Rep. Simmons - Transportation & Infrastructure)

8) H.R. 1412 - Delaware River Protection Act of 2005 (Rep. LoBiondo - Transportation & Infrastructure)

9) H.R. 481 - Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2005 (Rep. Musgrave - Resources)

10) H.R. 1084 - To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 (Rep. Bradley - Resources)

11) H.R. 1428 - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Rep. Pombo - Resources)

12) H.R. 2362 - National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Rep. Gibbons - Resources)

13) H.R. 38 - Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Rep. Baird - Resources)

14) H.R. 1512 - Taunton, Massachusetts Special Resources Study Act (Rep. Frank - Resources)

15) H.Con.Res. 188 - Honoring the members of the United States Air Force who were killed in the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United States military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Rep. Miller {FL} - Armed Services)

16) H.Res. 199 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995 (Rep. Smith {NJ} - International Relations)

17) H.Con.Res. 155 - Urging the Government of the Republic of Albania to ensure that the parliamentary elections to be held on July 3, 2005, are conducted in accordance with international standards for free and fair elections (Rep. Smith {NJ} - International Relations)

Tuesday, JUNE 28, 2005

The House will convene at 9:00 a.m. for morning hour and 10:00 a.m. for legislative business.

H.R. 3057 - Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Rep. Kolbe - Appropriations) (Subject to a Rule)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2005 AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK

On Wednesday and Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. On Friday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business.

H.R. 3057 - Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Rep. Kolbe - Appropriations) (Complete Consideration)

H.R. 3058 - Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Rep. Knollenberg - Appropriations) (Subject to a Rule)

H.R. 2864 - Water Resources Development Act of 2005 (Rep. Young {AK} - Transportation & Infrastructure) (Subject to a Rule)

Possible consideration of the Central American Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA)

[eleny]

1. Recognizing Nat'l Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership

I guess the SCOTUS didn't know about this.

[RobertSeattle]

2. Darn - thought this was going to be a spoof!

:evilgrin:

) H.Res. 734312 - Recognizing the historical signifcance of the Ku Klux Klan

2) H.R. 3581 - Renaming of the 743rd Federal Building after Ronald Reagan.

3) H.R. 4581 - Declaration of NASACAR as the national sport.

[paineinthearse]

3. No need to spoof

The schedule itself is a joke. With all the important issues facing us the rethug leadership presents us with this pablum.