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Legislative Activity
Monday, February 13, 2017
Time | Session |
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7:30 P.M. - | SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches. |
7:13 P.M. - | ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches. |
7:12 P.M. - | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
7:12 P.M. - | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 87). |
7:02 P.M. - | Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 974 — "To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to offerors that employ veterans." |
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Most Recent Votes
Roll | Date | Bill | Result | Title/Description |
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87 | 02-13 | H R 974 | Passed | BRAVE Act |
86 | 02-13 | H R 244 | Passed | HIRE Vets Act |
85 | 02-07 | H J RES 58 | Passed | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation issues |
84 | 02-07 | H J RES 57 | Passed | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to accountability and State plans under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
83 | 02-07 | H J RES 44 | Passed | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 |
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