Summary

HOUSE FLOOR DEBATE: The House will meet at 12:30 pm for Morning Hour and 2:00 pm for legislative business Votes will be postponed until 6:30 pm Suspensions (20 bills): 1) HRes 154 - Recognizing Stax Records for enriching the Nation's Cultural life with 50 years of soul (Rep Cohen - Education and Labor); 2) HRes 475 - Congratulating the University of Arizona Wildcats for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Softball Championship (Rep Grijalva - Education and Labor); 3) HRes 406 - Celebrating the accomplishments of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, also known as the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, and recognizing the need to continue pursuing the goal of educational opportunities for women and girls (Rep Matsui - Education and Labor); 4) HRes 485 - Expressing appreciation for the profound public service and educational contributions of Donald Jeffry Herbert, fondly known as Mr Wizard (Rep Ehlers - Education and Labor); 5) HR 2127 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building (Rep Boren - Oversight and Government Reform); 6) S 1352 - A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the Dr Francis Townsend Post Office Building (Sen Durbin - Oversight and Government Reform); 7) HConRes 155 - Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of Congress that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future (Rep Davis (IL) - Oversight and Government Reform); 8) HConRes 148 - Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month (Rep Lee - Oversight and Government Reform); 9) HR 2563 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the Major Scott Nisely Post Office (Rep Latham - Oversight and Government Reform); 10) HRes 257 - Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (Rep Platts - Oversight and Government Reform); 11) HR 885 - International Nuclear Fuel for Peace and Nonproliferation Act of 2007 (Rep Lantos - Foreign Affairs); 12) HConRes 21 - Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of Israel (Rep Rothman - Foreign Affairs); 13) HConRes 80 - Calling on the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to recommit to a political solution to the conflict in northern Uganda and to recommence vital peace talks, and urging immediate and substantial support for the ongoing peace process from the United States and the international community (Rep Johnson (GA) - Foreign Affairs); 14) HConRes 151 - Noting the disturbing pattern of killings of dozens of independent journalists in Russia over the last decade, and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to authorize cooperation with outside investigators in solving these murders (Rep Chris Smith - Foreign Affairs); 15) HRes 137 - Honoring the life and six decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum and especially his commitment freeing Soviet Jews from religious, cultural, and communal extinction (Rep Nadler - Foreign Affairs); 16) HRes 233 - Recognizing over 200 years of sovereignty of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and expressing support for efforts by the United States continue to strengthen its relationship with that country (Rep Stearns - Foreign Affairs); 17) HR 2359 - SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 (Rep Sestak - Small Business); 18) HR 2366 - SBA Veterans' Programs Act of 2007 (Rep Buchanan - Small Business); 19) HR 2284 - To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians (Rep Udall (NM) - Small Business); 20) HR 2397 - SBA Women's Business Programs Act of 2007 (Rep Fallin - Small Business) Special Orders