Special Elections/Appointments Provisions bill

Action history

1. 2005-03-19Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
2. 2005-03-17Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
3. 2005-03-08Received in the Senate.
4. 2005-03-03The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
5. 2005-03-03Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
6. 2005-03-03On passage Passed by recorded vote: 329 - 68 (Roll no. 52).
7. 2005-03-03PROCEEDINGS VACATED - By unanimous consent, the proceedings by which the motion to reconsider was laid on the table were vacated and the Chair restated the question on adoption of the bill. Subsequently, Ms. Millender-McDonald demanded a recorded vote on the question of passage of the bill.
8. 2005-03-03Motion to reconsider laid on the table without objection.
9. 2005-03-03On passage. Passed by voice vote.
10. 2005-03-03On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 196 - 223 (Roll no. 51).
11. 2005-03-03The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
12. 2005-03-03DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Conyers motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment which adds a new paragraph with provisions for minimum required voting systems and poll workers in polling places used in special elections.
13. 2005-03-03Mr. Conyers moved to recommit with instructions to House Administration.
14. 2005-03-03The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
15. 2005-03-03The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
16. 2005-03-03The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 841.
17. 2005-03-03Motion to strike the enacting clause withdrawn.
18. 2005-03-03Floor summary: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to strike the enacting clause.
19. 2005-03-03Mr. Baird moved to strike the enacting clause.
20. 2005-03-03UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
21. 2005-03-03POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX) demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment were postponed until later in the legislative day.
22. 2005-03-03DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment.
23. 2005-03-03POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Millender-McDonald demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the rule, further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment were postponed until later in the legislative day.
24. 2005-03-03DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 15 minutes of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment.
25. 2005-03-03DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ney amendment.