Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008

Action history

1. 2007-06-28Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Landrieu without recommendation without amendment. Without written report.
2. 2007-06-28Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
3. 2007-06-22The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2771.
4. 2007-06-22Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5. 2007-06-22On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 176 (Roll no. 548).
6. 2007-06-22On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 181 - 217 (Roll no. 547).
7. 2007-06-22The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered pursuant to the rule.
8. 2007-06-22DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kingston 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 to decrease the over all amount appropriation for the House Office Building account by 16 million and decrease the appropriation in the same account which shall remain available until September 30, 2012 by the same amount.
9. 2007-06-22Mr. Kingston moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations.
10. 2007-06-22The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
11. 2007-06-22The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
12. 2007-06-22The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2771.
13. 2007-06-22POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
14. 2007-06-22DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 502, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jordan amendment.
15. 2007-06-22POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
16. 2007-06-22DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 502, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
17. 2007-06-22DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 502, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Inglis amendment.
18. 2007-06-22Subsequently, the Committee resumed it's sitting.
19. 2007-06-22The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a message from the President.
20. 2007-06-22GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2771.
21. 2007-06-22The Speaker designated the Honorable Tammy Baldwin to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
22. 2007-06-22House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 502 and Rule XVIII.
23. 2007-06-22Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2771 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Specified amendments are in order. All point of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.
24. 2007-06-22Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 502.
25. 2007-06-22Rule H. Res. 502 passed House.