1 25 2 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/11079/archive/files/129c6b29fbcc64d3e0364ea36f070650.pdf?Expires=1784764800&Signature=V3Jqskh6XUFbY4sdaR4U8w1LADE4GwuYDISKZ-0m19NMKvRsVPhr36uy1ZwpgHkTZHr40CoRy23CPTvN250Pr6gq3-DERPzDMDDmhxKxi3ArmJ1dp0U4cgVYpLSDiOhCohz%7EBqV2-E-azAhfmgQLJXBIpf6ofk6bXGSCsxxwlgfZ9lwE8pMot-vJcwa5Uuy56lYXMVrBHjaAZmWFFJOJn0X95gIkwPSx%7ERopDKMvb0dPCJnO0d9d5zOlBo0l9wXdUiGd%7ESxpu5Qw5N70LOerH7n%7Etyvs3Fe9MuGdjhVD9SH0qtAJmKTI3bkLpPrTr2lfaPCjFB8C%7Eu3sdVyPuLSoLw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2d34898f237b87061a524bead11c045c PDF Text Text REPUBLICAN BROKEN PROMISES from the House Rules Committee Democrats: "We very specifically made the decision early on in our Contract with America that we would bring up all ten bills under open rules." Speaker-elect Newt Gingrich told reporters November 11, 1994 Roll Call, February 13, 1995 'Chairman' Solomon Says He Plans to Grant Open Rules on 75 Percent of Bills Next Year Roll Call, November 28, 1994 - - --- ________________________________________________________ _ APPLYING REPUBLICAN DEFINITIONS TO REPUBLICAN RULES IN 104TH CONGRESS REPUBLICANS PROMISED REPUBLICANS DELIVERED Number of rules Percent of total Number of rules Percent of total Open 21 70% 7 23% Restrictive 9 30% 23 76% APPLYING REPUBLICAN DEFINITIONS TO REPUBLICAN RULES ON CONTRACT ITEMS REPUBLICANS PROMISED REPUBLICANS DELIVERED Number of rules Percent of total Number of rules Percent of total Open 24 100% 8 33% Restrictive 0 0% 16 66% In the 103rd Congress, Republicans defined restrictive rules as follows: Restrictive rules are those which limit the number of amendments which can be offered, and include so called modified open and modified closed rules as well as completely closed rules and rules providing for consideration in the House as opposed to the Committee of the Whole. �TALKING POINTS ON FLOOR PROCEDURE IN THE 104TH CONGRESS FROM THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS ** In the 103rd Congress the Republicans defined restrictive rules as follows: Restrictive rules are those which limit the number of amendments which can be offered, and include so called modified open and modified closed rules as well as completely closed rules and rules providing for consideration in the House as opposed to the Com1nittee of the Whole However, in the 104th Congress the Republicans have changed their math. Now modified open rules are put into the "non-restrictive" column when they present their tables. ** Using the Republican scoring method, bills in this Congress have been considered under a restrictive process 74% of the time and under an open process only 26% of the time. On Contract legislation the Republicans have used a restrictive process 67% of the time and an open one just 33% of the time. ** Not included in this chart are three bills which should have been placed on the Suspension Calendar (they were in the 103rd Congress) which were brought up under open rules. ** They were not included because the Democrats, when in the majority, would not bring non-controversial Suspension Calendar bills before the House under special rules. ** In this Congress when these bills were considered, no amendments were offered and only one required a recorded vote which was 427-01 (H.R. 400). ** The bills are H.R. 101, R.R. 400 and R.R. 440. �&' IV\Jl A A tJ-....\..Vu• ~ ••• •••'-' ~ -.•. BILL# TITLE RESOLUTION# PROCESS USED FOR FLOOR CONSIDERATION AMENDMENTS IN ORDER H.R. 1 •CONTRACT• Compliance H.Res. 6 Closed None H.Res. 6 Opening Day Rules Package H.Res. 5 Closed; contained a closed rule on H.R. 1 within the closed rule None H.R. 5 Unfunded Mandates H.Res. 38 Restrictive; Motion adopted over Democratic objection in the Committee of the Whole to limit_ debate on section 4; Pre-printing gets preference NIA HJ.Res. 2 • CONTRACT• Balanced Budget H.Res. 44 Restrictive; only certain substitutes 2R;4D H.Res. 43 Committee Hearings Scheduling H.Res. 43 (OJ) Restrictive; considered in House no amendments NIA H.R. 2 • CONIRACT• Line Item Veto H.Res. 55 Open; Pre-printing gets preference NIA H.R. 665 • CONIRACT• Victim Restitution Act of 1995 H.Res. 61 Open; Pre-printing gets preference NIA H.R. 666 • CONIRACT• Exclusionary Rule Refonn Act of 1995 H.Res. 60 Open; Pre-printing gets preference NIA H.R. 667 • CONTRACT• Violent Criminal Incarceration Act of 1995 H.Res. 63 Restrictive; 10hr. Time Cap on amendments NIA H.R. 668 • CONTRACT• The Criminal Alien Deportation Improvement Act H.Res. 69 Open; Pre-printing gets preference; Contains self-executing provision NIA H.R. 728 H.Res. 79 Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap on amendments; Pre-printing gets preference NIA • CONTRACT• Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants H.R. 7 National Security Revitalization Act H.Res. 83 Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap on amendments; Pre-printing gets preference NIA Death Penalty/Habeas NIA Restrictive; brought up under UC with a 6 hr. time cap on amendments NIA S.2 Senate Compliance NIA Closed; Put on suspension calendar over Democratic objection None H.R. 831 To Pennanently Extend the Health Insurance Deduction for the SelfEmployed H.Res. 88 • CON1RACT • • CONTRACT• H.R. 729 • CONTRACT• Restrictive; makes in order only the Gibbons amendment; waives all points of order; Contains self-executing provision 10 --, �The Paperwork Reduction Act H.Res. 91 H.R. 889 Emergency Supplemental/Rescinding Certain Budget Authority H.Res. 92 Restrictive; makes in order only the Obey substitute lD H.R. 450 •CONTRACT* Regulatory Moratorium H.Res. 93 Restrictive; 10hr. Time Cap on amendments; Pre-printing gets preference NIA H.R. 1022 * CONTRACT* Risk Assessment H.Res. 96 Restrictive; 10hr. Time Cap on amendments NIA H.R. 926 •CONTRACT* Regulatory Flexibility H.Res. 100 Open NIA H.R. 925 • CONTRACT* Private Property Protection Act H.Res. 101 Restrictive; 12hr. time cap on amendments; Re.quires Members to pre-print their amendments in the Record prior to the bill's consideration for amendment. waives germaneness and budget act points of order as well as points of order concerning appropriating on a legislative bill against the committee substitute used as base text. lD H.R. 1058 •CONTRACT• Securities Litigation Reform Act H.Res. 105 Restrictive; 8 hr. ti.me cap on amendments; Pre-printing gets preference; Makes in order the Wyden amendment and waives gennaness against it. ID H.R. 988 •CONTRACT* The Attorney Accountability Act of 1995 H.Res. 104 Restrictive; 7 hr. time cap on amendments; Pre-printing gets preference. NIA H.R. 956 •CONTRACT• Product Liability and Legal Reform Act H.Res. 109 Restrictive; makes in order only 15 gennane amendments and denies 64 germane amendments from being considered. SD; 7R H.R. 1158 Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions H.Res. 115 Restrictive; Combines emergency H.R. 1158 & nonemergency 1159 and strikes the abortion provision; makes in order only pre-printed NIA H.R. 830 • CONTRACT* Open amendments that include offsets within the same chapter (deeper cuts in programs already cut); waives points of order against three amendments; waives cl 2 of rule XXI against the bill. cl 2. XXI and cl 7 of rule XVI against the substitute; waives cl 2(e) of rule XXI against the amendments in the Record; 10 hr time cap on amendments. 30 minutes debate on each amendment. ... ,,. - I ! I �HJ.Res. 73 • CON1'RACT • Tenn Limits H.Rcs. 116 Restrictive; Makes in order only 4 amendments considered under a "Queen of the Hill" procedure and denies 21 germane amendments from being considered. lD; 3R H.R. 4 •CONTRACT• Welfare Refonn H.Res. 119 Restrictive; Makes in order only 31 perfecting amendments and two substitutes; Denies 130 gennane amendments from being considered; The substitutes are to be considered under a "Queen of the Hill" procedure; All points of order are waived against the amendments. 5D; 26R H.R. 1271 • CONTRACT* Family Privacy Act H.Res. 125 Open NIA H.Res. 126 Open NIA H.R. 660 f OrrJ,._,A< :(Housing for Older Persons Act H.R. 1215 • CONTRACT* The Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995 H.Res. 129 H.R. 483 Medicare Select Extension H.Res. 130 Restrictive; Self Executes language that makes cuts contingent on the adoption of a balanced budget plan and strikes section 3006. Makes in order only one substitute. Waives all points of order against the bill, substitute made in order as original text and Gephardt substitute. 1D Restrictive; waives cl 2(1)(6) of rule XI against the bill; makes H.R. 1391 in order as original text; makes in order only the Dingell substitute; allows Commerce Committee to file a report on the bill at any time. ID tax • Contract Bills, 67% restrictive; 33% open. •• All legislation, 74% restrictive; 26% open. ••• Restrictive rules are those which limit the number of amendments which can be offered, and include so called modified open and modified closed rules as well as completely closed rules and rules providing for consideration in the House as opposed to the Committee of the Whole. This definition of restrictive rule is taken from the Republican chart of resolutions reported from the Rules Committee in the 103rd Congress. •••• Not included in this chart are three bills which should have been placed on the Suspension Calendar. H.R. 101, H.R. 400, H.R. 440 �SPECIAL REPORT 100DAYS ... And Counting Passage of Contract Bills F ollowing are the votes the House took on passage of bills incorporating the "Contract With America." Also with each vote, listed by vote number, is the president's position on the bill, when available, and a reference to the Weekly Report story about the action. (R Republicans; D - Democrats; ND - Northern Democrats; SD - Southern Democrats; I - Independent) 6. H Res 6. Rules of the House - Committee Staff Cuts. Adopted 416-12: R 224-0; D 191-12 (ND 132-7, SD 59-5); I 1-0, Jan. 4. (p. 13) 7. H Res 6. Rules of the House - Baseline Budgeting. Adopted 421-6: R 225-0; D 195-6 (ND 132-5, SD 63-1); I 1-0, Jan. 4. (p. 13) 8. H Res 6. Rules of the House - Term Limits for Speaker and Chairmen. Adopted 355-74: R 228-0; D 127-73 (ND 80-56, SD 47-17); I 0-1, Jan. 4. (p. 13) 9. H R.~s 6. Rules of the House - Proxy Voting Ban. Adopted 418-13: R 228-0; D 189-13 (ND 128-11, SD 61-2); I 1-0, Jan. 4. (p. 13) ( 118. HR 668. Criminal Alien Deportation. Passed 380-20: R 216-1; D 163-19 (ND 116-13, SD 47-6); I 1-0, Feb. 10. (p. 456) 129. HR 728. Anti-Crime Block Grants. Passed 238-192: R 220-9; D 18-182 (ND 6-130, SD 12-52); I 0-1, Feb. 14. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 530) 145. HR 7. National Security. Passed 241-181: R 223-4; D 18-176 (ND 6-130, SD 12-46); I 0-1, Feb. 16. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 535) 157. HR 830. Paperwork Reduction. Passed 418-0: R 228-0; D 189-0 (ND 131-0, SD 58-0); I 1-0, Feb. 22. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 608) ' 174. HR 450. Regulatory Moratorium. Passed 276-146: R 225-2; D 51-143 (ND 20-115, SD 31-28); I 0-1, Feb. 24. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 610) 183. HR 1022. Risk Assessment. Passed 286-141: R 2262; D 60-138 (ND 23-113, SD 37-25); I 0-1, Feb. 28. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 679) 187. HR 926. Regulatory Overhaul. Passed 415-15: R 228-0; D 186-15 (ND 127-11, SD 59-4); I 1-0, March l..(p. 679) ~ 10. H Res 6. Rules of the House - Open Committee Meetings. Adopted 431-0: R 227-0; D 203-0 (ND 139-0, SD 640); I 1-0, Jan. 4. (p. 13) 197. HR 925. Private Property Rights. Passed 277-148: R 205-23; D 72-124 (ND 33-103, SD 39-21); I 0-1, March 3. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (pp. 680, 679) -11. H Res 6. Rules of the House - Tax Increase Limitation. Adopted 279-152: R 227-0; D 52-151 (ND 23-116, SD 29-35); I 0-1, Jan. 4. (p. 1.'3) 199. HR 9. Omnibus Regulatory Overhaul. Passed 277141: R 219-8; D 58-132 (ND 23-110, SD 35-22); I 0-1, March 3. A "nay" was a vote in support o_f the president's position. (p. 679)r 12. H Res 6. Rules of the House - House Audit. Adopted 430-1: R 228-0; D 201-1 (ND 138-1, SD 63-0); I 1-0, Jan. 4. (p. 13) 207. HR 988. Civil Litigation. Passed 232-193: R 216-11; D 16-181 (ND 4-133, SD 12-48); I 0-1, March 7. (p. 745) 15. HR 1. Congressional Compliance. Passed 429-0: R 229-0; D 199-0 (ND 137-0, SD 63-0); I 1-0, Jan. 5. (p. 16) 51. H J Res 1. Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment. Passed 300-132: R 228-2; D 72-129 (ND 34-105, SD 38-24); I 0-1, Jan. 26. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 266) 83. HR 5. Unfunded Mandates. Passed 360-74: R 230-0; D 130-73 (ND 79-60, SD 51-13); I 0-1, Feb. 1. (p. 361) 95. HR 2. Line-Item Veto. Passed 294-134: R 223-4; D 71129 (ND 44-94, SD 27-35); I 0-1, Feb. 6. (p. 441) 97. HR 665. Victim Restitution. Passed 431-0: R 229-0; D 201-0 (ND 139-0, SD 62-0); I 1-0, Feb. 7. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 455) 103. HR 666. Exclusionary Rule. Passed 289-142: R 2207; D 69-134 (ND 36-103, SD 33-31); I 0-1, Feb. 8. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 455) 216. HR 1058. Securities Litigation. Passed 325-99: R 226-0; D 99-98 (ND 57-80, SD 42-18); I 0-1, March 8. (p. 744) 229. HR 956. Product Liability. Passed 265-161: R 220-6; D 45-154 (ND 18-120, SD 27-34); I 0-1, March 10. (p. 744) 269. HR 4. Welfare Overhaul. Passed 234-199: R 225-5; D 9-193 (ND 3-135, SD 6-58); I 0-1, March 24. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 872) 277. HJ Res 73. Term Limits Constitutional Amendment. Rejected 227-204: R 189-40; D 38-163 (ND 22-117, SD 1646); I 0-1, March 29. A two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting (288 in this case) is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution. (p. 918) 283. HR 1240. Child Sex Crimes Prevention. Passed 4170: R 225-0; D 191-0 (ND 132-0, SD 59-0); I 1-0, April 4. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 1030) 287. HR 1271. Family Privacy Protection. Passed 418-7: R 225-0; D 192-7 (ND 132-4, SD 60-3); I 1-0, April 4. (p. 1030) 109. HR 729. Death Penalty Appeals. Passed 297-132: R 226-1; D 71-130 (ND 34-103, SD 37-27); I 0-1, Feb. 8. (p. 456) 295. HR 1215. Tax and Spending Cuts. Passed 246-188: R 219-11; D 27-176 (ND9-130, SD 18-46); I 0-1, April 5, 1995. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 1010) 117. HR 667. Prison Construction. Passed 265-156: R 206-20; D 59-135 (ND 28-106, SD 31-29); I 0-1, Feb. 10. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. (p. 456) 297. HR 660. Senior Citizens' Housing. Passed 424-5: R 228-0; D 195-5 (ND 136-2, SD 59-3); I 1-0, April 6. (p. 1030) 1006 - :\PRIL 8. 1995 CQ 01 _:...,, �APR-11-1995 15: 49 FROM ROLL CALL ~~E~JSPAPER 2255373 TO P.02 THE AMENDMENT PROCESS UNDER SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 1 193RD CONGRESS V. 104TH CONGRESS (As of April 5. 1995) Rule Tvpe ' 103rd Congress 104th Congress Number Percent Number of rules of rules Percent of total of total Open/M:odified-open2 46 44% 21 49 47% 8 9 9% 0 0% TOTALS: 104 100% 29 100% I 28% Closed4 I 72% Modified Closed3 f I I; i! I. i. I: I I I i' I I 1 This table applies only to rules which provide for the original consideration of bills. joint resolutions or budget resolutions and which provide for an amendment process. It does not apply to special rules which only waive points of order against appropriations bills which are already privileged and are considered under an open amendment process under House rules. l:l ''. ! 2 An open rule is one under which any Member may offer a gennane ame.ndment under the five-minute rule. A modified open rule is one under which any Member may offer a gennane amendment under the five·minute rule subject only to an overall time limit on the ameng.ment process and/or a requirement that the amendment be pre·printed in the Congressional Record. 3 A modified closed rule is one under which the .Rules Committee limits the amendments that may be offered only to those amendments designated in the special rule or the Rules Committee report to accompany it, or which preclude amendments to a particular portion of a bill, even though the rest of the bill may be completely open to amendment. 4 A closed rule is one under which no amendments may be offered (other than amendments recommended by the committee in reporting the bill). .: I \ 1,1 I I H~ ! �APR-11-1995 , 15:50 FROM .. . 1',• : ~ ~ .,l TO 2255373 P.03 SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 104TH CONGRESS (As of April S, 199S) H. Res. No~ Ru!e TY.Re (Date rept.) _)-..• ROLL CALL NH-:SF'HPER ..•. • I H. Res. 38 ·_.(1/18/95) 0 Bill No. Subject Disposition. of Rule H.R. 5 --Unfunded Mandate Reform A: 350-71 (1/19/95) MC H. Con. Res. 17- Social Security H.J. Res. 1 • Balanced Budget Amndt A: 255-172 (1/25/95) H. Res. 51 (1/31/95) 0 H.R. 101 - Land Transfer, Taos Pueblo Indians A: voice vote ((2/1/95) 'j. H. Res. 52 (1/31/95) 0 H.R. 400 - Land Exchange, Arctic Nat'l. Park & Preserve A: voice vote (2/1/95) I H. Res. 53 · (1/31/95) 0 H.R. 440 - Land Conveyance. Butte County. Calif. A: voice vote (2/1/95) H. Res. 55 0 H.R. 2 - Line Item Veto A: voice vote (2/2/95) H. Res. 60 (2/6/95) 0 H.R. 665 - Victim Restitution H. Res. 61 0 H. Res. 44 (1/24/95) (2/1/95) I '! ! I: A: voice vote ' (2n/9S) l,1 l' H.R. 666 • Exclusionary Rule Reform (2/6/95) H. Res. 63 it A: voice vote (2n/9s) MO H.R. 667 - Violent Criminal Incarceration (2/8/95) A: voice vote (2/9/95) H. Res. 69 (2/9/95) 0 · H. Res. 79 MO H.R. 728 • Law Enforcement Block Grants MO H.R. 7 • National Security Revitalization PQ: 229·100; A:227-127 (2/15/95) I lq I, I !' ( 'I A: voice vote (2/10/95) H. Res. 83 I· ..(2/10/95) H.R. 668 - Criminal Alien Deportation A: voice vote (2/10/95) 1:. 1.: ,.. Ii: ~2/13/95) it:' 'I I: H. Res. 88 MC H.R. 831 · Health Insurance Deductibility PQ: 230-191 A: 229-188 ('1./21/95) H.R. 830 - Paperwork Reduction Act A: voice vote ('2/16/95) H. Res. 91 0 (2/21/95) H. Res. 92 (2121/95) (2/22/95) MC H.R. 889 - Defense Supplemental A:282-144 (2/22/95) 1' I �, APR-11 -1 995 15: 50 FROM ROLL CALL t ~EliJSPAPER TO 2255373 P.04 3 H. Res. No. Rule Type Bill No. Sublect {Date rept.) Disposition of Rule H. Res. 93 .(2/22/95) MO H.R. 450 - Regulatory Transition Act A: 252-175 (2/~3/95) H. Res. 96 MO H.R. 1022 - Risk Assessment A: 253-165 .(2/34/95) (2/27/95) H. Res. 100 (2/27/95) 0 H.R. 926 - Regulatory Refonn & Relief Act A: voice vote (2/28/95) H. Res. 101 ~2/28/95) MO H.R. 925 - Private Property Protection Act A: 271-151 H. Res. 104 (3/3/95) MO H.R. 988 - Attorney Accountability Act H. Res. 103 MO H.R. 1058 - Securities Litigation Refonn (3/3/95) H Res. 105 MO (3/1/95) A: 257-155 (3n/9S) (3/6/95) H. Res. 108 (3/6/9S) H. Res. 109 Debate A: voice vote (3/6/95) H.R 956 - Product Liability Reform A: voice vote (3/8/95) PQ: 234-191 MC (3/8/95) A: 247-181 (3/9/95) H. Res. 11.S (3/14/95) • H.Res. 116 (3/15/95) MO H.R. 1158 - Making Emergency Supp. Approps. A: 242-190 (3/15/95) MC H.J.Res. 73 - Tenn LirnitS Const. AmdmL A: voice vote (3/28/95) H.Res. 117 (3/16/95) Debate H.R. 4 - Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 A: voice vote (3/21/95) H.Res. 119 MC ~ A: 217-211 (3/22/95) (3/21/95) H.Res. 125 (4/3/95) 0 H.R. 1271 - Family Privacy Protection Act H.Res. 126 (4/3/95) 0 H.R. 660 - Older Persons Housin£ Act ... A: 423-1 (4/4/95) l I I I �APR-11-199::, 15: 51 FROM TO ROLL CALL t lEWSPAPER 2255373 P.05 4 H. Res. No. Rule Tvpe Bill No. Subject (Date rept.) H.Res. 128 of Rule MC (4/4/95) H.Res. 130 (4/S/95) Dispositio!l H.R. 1215 • Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995 MC A: 228-204 (4/5/95) H.R. 483 - Medicare Select Expansion Codes: 0-open; MO-modified open; MC-modified closed: C-<;losed: A-adoption vote: PQ-previous question vote. Source: Notices of Action Taken. Committee on Rules. 104th Congress �'We very specifically made the decision early on in our Contract with America that we would bring up all ten bills under open rules." Speaker-elect Newt Gingrich told reporters November 11, 1994 Roll Call, February 13, 1995 'Chairman' Solomon Says He Plans to Grant Open Rules on 75 Percent of Bills Next Year Roll Call, November 28, 1994 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Type The nature or genre of the resource Documents Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource United States--Congress United States --Congress-- House--Committee on Rules Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DI-1282 Rules Committee https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/11079/archive/files/25ad2fbb2a1a7fa09126370d44bb39fa.pdf?Expires=1784764800&Signature=ccCdX9e-FFniIvBffOgnjUMkgDGKcU-tNdPUPYnt-OC4C7MhHzBLKqVOAaz7UlXqFT-lrDe86Th8XbcF31ydfY9w94AluMagNN6iwEX5rCf20Rxt1jPX1dJH8aOrtWhsB3E4vxxsFDgLukboqEJIuf2NRx3%7E0PvBtLjPFb1guAeCa-5XHxjtXQjvAIvwca0e5dtlFzuZxmHN51m8OqT9dXAj7ChFX6fULa-uXODsFlvmwdaYYPDTsfKqeKzsxUGt-AaEzADReOBslC0JmEcnMt8guXCCuFoZxSjMFhUE5XnjcpeU-YwTpsLF3mSVS9oghxmkhfikYtbX9kg3dtC0mA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f3befba7708a9cdf546bc79fba1d216a PDF Text Text Speech by Congressman Joe Moakley (D-MA) Opening Day Rules Package January 3, 200~ THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, M SPEAKER. M SPEAKER, LAST FALL'S ELECTION WAS A RECORD BREAKER, VOTES FOR EVERYTHING FROM PRESIDENT DOWN TO STATE LEGISLATORS WERE CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE. IF THE VOTERS TOLD US ANYTHING ON NOVEMBER 7TH, IT WAS TO WORK TOGETHER. THE ONLY MANDATE THIS CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE IS TO PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES AND GET THINGS DONE. BUT, M SPEAKER, THAT MANDATE OF COOPERATION IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS REPUBLICAN RULES PACKAGE. THIS RULES PACKAGE SKEWS COMMITTEE RATIOS SO MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE REPUBLICANS YOU WOULD THINK THEY HAD WON BY A LANDSLIDE WHILE IN FACT, M SPEAKER, THEIR MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE IS LESS THAN 2°/o. MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT IF THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HAVE BARELY MORE THAN 50o/o OF THE SEATS, THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD GET NO MORE THAN 51 °/o OF THE COMMITTEE SLOTS AND RESOURCES. ONE LOOK AT THIS RULES PACKAGE SHOWS THAT IS NOT THE CASE. -1- �M SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO INSERT 2 CHARTS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD DETAILING THE SKEWED COMMITTEE RATIOS. LAST CONGRESS, WHEN THEY WERE ENTITLED TO 51 °/o OF THE SEATS, MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TOOK 59°/o OF THE SEATS ON WAYS AND MEANS, THEY TOOK 57%, OF THE SEATS ON JUDICIARY, AND THEY TOOK ALMOST 56°/o OF THE SEATS ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. M SPEAKER, IN ADDITION TO BEING UNFAIR, THOSE COMMITTEE RATIOS DENIED MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THEIR RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION ON CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. AND, MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ARE ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN THIS CONGRESS, WHEN THEIR MAJORITY IS EVEN SLIMMER. LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, MR. SPEAKER: IF THE RATIOS ON THE COMMITTEES WERE TO REFLECT THE RA TIO IN THE HOUSE THIS CONGRESS, 58 MORE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES SEATED AT THE COMMITTEE TABLES. -2- �EVEN MY DEAR FRIEND, MY CHAIRMAN, MR. DREIER, SIGNED A JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT SAYING THAT "COMMITTEE SEATS SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO REFLECT THE OVERALL RATIO" IN THE HOUSE. UP UNTIL 6 YEARS AGO, MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES REGULARLY INCLUDED REQUIREMENTS FOR FAIR COMMITTEE RATIOS IN THEIR RULES PACKAGES. THAT IS, M SPEAKER, UNTIL THEY WERE IN THE MAJORITY. AND, M SPEAKER, WHILE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL LOSE THEIR VOICE IN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, MILLIONS MORE LOST THEIR VOICES DURING THIS ELECTION. PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE DO IN WASHINGTON WILL BE RESTORING AMERICANS' CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION PROCESS. BUT, M SPEAKER, THAT TOO IS MISSING FROM THIS REPUBLICAN RULES PACKAGE. NOWHERE IS THERE A MENTION OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. NOWHERE IS THERE A CALL ON CONGRESS TO FIX OUR FLAWED ELECTION PROCESS. NOWHERE IS THERE A RECOGNITION OF THE URGENT NEED TO RESTORE PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS. -3- �M SPEAKER, IN JUST 3 DAYS, A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS WILL COUNT THE VOTES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AND DECLARE THE WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE QUESTIONING OUR ELECTIONS AND DEMANDING ACTION AND, M SPEAKER, THIS RULES PACKAGE FAILS TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THEIR BEHALF. THAT IS WHY, M SPEAKER, I AM URGING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC RULES PACKAGE. OUR RULES PACKAGE INCLUDES THE REPUBLICAN PROPOSALS FOR COMMITTEE RATIOS FROM THE 102N° AND 103RD CONGRESSES. OUR RULES PACKAGE ALSO TAKES STEPS TO REFORM OUR ELECTION PROCESS. IT GIVES THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE UNTIL MARCH 1 TO RECOMMEND WAYS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WHO VOTE SHALL HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED -- ESPECIALLY OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOTS. M SPEAKER, EVEN THOUGH THE NEXT SET OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS IS 2 YEARS OFF, WE NEED TO GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S VOTE IS COUNTED AND COUNTED FAIRLY. FAIR ELECTIONS ARE THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH OUR DEMOCRACY IS BUILT AND THERE IS NOTHING -4- �THE GROWING DISPARITY IN COMMITTEE SLOTS UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP 51 . DEMOCRATIC I 49 I MAJORITY MAJORITY , • I - / 47 I I . 45 . ~ " 431 41 I 39 I 37 ·' /I - II\\ 1/ - \ \ - • f A ::ia... ~ , -,,., ~ I - .. 11 I I I I -+----+-~~~_..__,_~~~~~~~~~~~~---~~~~~~--1 35 ......----....,------------------~---,-----~---~----,---..---------------,--~ 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 CONGRESS •MINORITY PARTY HOUSE SEATS 0/o -MINORITY PARTY COMMITTEE SLOTS 0/o �January 3, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE have votes on matters of important questions. You have also done some other things. You have continued to constrain the minority in its ability to write reports critical of what they conceive to be wrongdoing or failures in legislation by saying to it that only 2 days will exist for the minority to come forward with complaints with the content of legislation. Is this the kind of good will? Is this the kind of cooperation, conciliation, and is it the kind of action that we are hearing when we are talking about having compromise and cooperation and bipartisanship? I think not. If we are to work together, and I would remind my colleagues on the majority side, there are only a few seats' difference between the Members on this side and on the other side. If you want to have a President who was elected by the narrowest margin in history and whose tenure as a legitimate President is, in fact, open to question because of the curious manipulations of the Supreme Court and because of the way in which the election in Florida was conducted and counted and handled to succeed and to be able to talk about bipartisanship and cooperation, this is not the way that you begin the affairs of this Congress. I did not intend to make an angry speech, and I would like my colleagues to know this is not an angry speech. This is a speech of sorrow and sadness because the majority is throwing away the good will that they are going to need to have a bipartisan Congress run with cooperation, conciliation, and compromise which the American people both need and want. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 21/2 minutes to the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. CASTLE). Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask some questions, perhaps in the form of a colloquy, of the chairman of the Committee on Rules about the changes which we are facing between committees. I am a member of the Banking Committee and the details elude me. First about the insurance question. In establishing the question on financial services, this resolution :1.dds a term, and I quote, "insurance 5enerally" to the jurisdiction of that committee. However, no such jurisdiction existed in rule X in the 106th Con~Tess. Can you describe for me what the term "insurance generally" is intended to convey? D 1500 Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the ~entleman yield? Mr. CASTLE. I yield to the gen~leman from California. Mr. DREIER. Let me say, and I ~hank the gentleman for his question, natters relating to insurance generally 1.re intended to include matters, for ex- that are financial in nature or incidental to a financial activity; the national treatment of insurance companies, auto insurance, life insurance and property and casualty insurance. However, as I mentioned previously in my statement, existing health insurance jurisdiction is not transferred as a result of this change. Furthermore, the existing jurisdiction of other committees with respect to matters relating to crop insurance, worker's compensation, insurance antitrust matters, veterans' life and health insurance and national social security are not affected by this change. Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, let me ask next about some securities issues. Regarding securities and exchanges, does the transfer of this jurisdiction to the Committee on Financial Services include underwriting, dealing, and market making? Mr. DREIER. Yes, that is correct. Mr. CASTLE. Another question. Does it include accounting standards applicable to capital raising under applicable securities laws and the Securities Act of 1933? Mr. DREIER. Once again, the gentleman is correct. Mr. CASTLE. Does it include exchanges, investment companies, and investment advisors? Mr. DREIER. Yes, that is correct. Mr. CASTLE. Does it include jurisdiction over the Public Utilities Holding Company Act? Mr. DREIER. As I mentioned previously in my statement, this change is not intended to convey to the Committee on Financial Services jurisdiction over matters relating to regulation and SEC oversight of multistate public utility holding companies and their subsidiaries which remain essentially matters of energy policy. Mr. CASTLE. I thank the gentleman very much for clarification on these issues. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), the co-chair of the Democratic Steering Committee and the ranking member on the Committee on House Administration. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, as all of us know, this House is now divided by its narrowest margin since the 83rd Congress when Republicans held 221 seats and Democrats 213. Today, our Republican friends hold a bare five-seat majority, 221 to 212. Thus, if we are to accomplish anything, bipartisanship, as President-elect Bush talked ad nauseam about in the campaign, is a sine qua non. It cannot be mere rhetorical window dressing. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, I regret to say the first day of the 107th Congress we have missed an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to bipar- H13 and the committee slots available to its Members elected by the American public, Republicans and Democrats, to represent them. Simply put, there are not enough committee slots available to the minority party, which now controls 49 percent of this body. Nevertheless, the allocation of committee slots has remained unchanged, 55 percent for the majority, 45 percent for the minority. Now let me call attention to this chart. It is probably a little difficult to understand, but what it tracks is minority representation, not majority; whether Democrats were in the majority or Republicans were in the majority. One will note, up to the 104th Congress, when Democrats were in control, the percentage of committee slots allocated and the percentages in the House tracked one another. One will note that when the minority got more slots in the House, they went up. When they got less, they went down. The point is, it was fair. It was representative and it gave to minority members the opportunity to do what they said they wanted to do, represent Americans. Now I would call the attention of my colleagues, and I would hope the former governor of Delaware, who is one of the fairest members in this House, would look at this stark contrast; and I would say here is the 104th Congress, the 105th, the 106th, the 107th. One will note that the minority line has been flat lined, notwithstanding the fact that we have picked up in each of the last four elections additional seats and made the difference between the majority and minority parties smaller; but the line has not changed. The majority line has gone up in terms of their percentage, and the variance. That is not fair. It is also, I would say to the chairman of the Committee on Rules, the gentleman from California (Mr. DREIER), contrary to his representations when he was in the minority. In my calculations, we would need an additional 64 seats in order for us to be allocated the number of seats that we are entitled to as a result of our percentage in the minority. What is being done is contrary to the rhetoric. It will not further bipartisanship, and I would ask that that be corrected as we move ahead in the next few days. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Thibodaux, Louisiana (Mr. TAUZIN). Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, let me first acknowledge, as did the ranking minority member of the Committee on Commerce, our extraordinary disappointment in the jurisdictional transfer from the Committee on Commerce to this new Committee on Financial Services. It is important, as the chairman has said. to know. how- �RATIOS Last Congress Republicans Democrats 223 212 51.3% Agriculture 27-24 53% Appropriations 34-27 55.7% (+4.4% instead of +2.2%) Armed Services 32-28 53.3% (+2% instead of 1.2%) Banking 32-28 53.3% (+2% instead of 1.3%) Budget 24-19 55.8% (+4.3% instead of 1%) Commerce 29-24 54.7% (+3.4% instead of 1.9%) Education 27-22 55.1% (+3.8% instead of 5.5%) Government Reform 24-20 54.5% (+3.2% instead of +3.3%) (+ 1.7% instead of .9%) House Administration 6-3 66.7% (+15.4% instead of3.6%) International Relations 26-23 53.1% (+1.8% instead of .5%) Judiciary 21-16 56.8% (+5.5% instead of .5%) Resources 28-24 53.8% (+2.5 instead of 5.5%) Rules 9-4 69.1% (+17.9% instead of 9.5%) Science 25-22 53.2% (+1.9% instead of .5%) Small Business 19-17 52.8% (+1.5% instead of .5%) Transportation 41-34 54.7% (+2.4% instead of 3%) Veterans 17-14 54.8% (+3.6% instead of .5%) Ways and Means 23-16 59% (+7.7% instead of 3.5%) 18 . Committees 1999 Republicans took a greater share than 1993 Democrats. 14 where . 4 where l 993Democrats took a greater share from 1999 Republicans. . 15 of 18 committees in 1999 exceed 2% over House %. • 8 of 18 committees in 1993 exceed 2% over House % . �RATIOS 1993-994 Democrats Republicans 259 176 59.5% Agriculture 29-19 60.4% (+.9%) Appropriations 37-23 61.7% (+2.2%) Armed Services 34-22 60.7% (1.2%) Banking 31-20 60.8% (+1.3%) Budget 26-17 60.5% (+ 1.0%) Education 28-15 65% Energy and Commerce 27-17 61.4% (+1.9%) Foreign Affairs 27-18 60% Government Operations 27-16 62.8% (+3.3%) House Administration 12-7 63.1% (+3.6%) Judiciary 21-14 60% (+.5%) "N"aturalResources 28-15 65% (+5.5%) Rules 9-4 69% (+9.5%) Science 33-22 60% (+.5%) Small Business 27-18 60% (+.5%) Transportation 40-24 62.5% (+3%) Veterans 21-14 60% (+.5%) Ways and Means 24-14 63% (+3.5%) Under 2% overage Over2% overage 10 8 (+5.5%) (+.5%) �W fa11 ·1 IN Io L- Aff/or co,w0 If Republicans, with a 51.3% majority in the House, maintain the same committees at the same size they were in the 1061h Congress but used a committee ratio reflecting the ratio in the House (and keep all Republicans currently on each committee), the following numbers of additional Democrats would have committee seats: ADDED DEMOCRATIC SEATS COMMITTEE NEW RATIO Agriculture 27-26 + 2 Democrats Appropriations 34-33 +6 Democrats Armed Services 32-31 + 3 Democrats Banking 32-31 + 3 Democrats Budget 24-23 +4 Democrats Commerce 29-28 +4 Democrats Education 27-26 +4 Democrats Government Reform 24-23 +4 Democrats House Administration 6-5 + 2 Democrats International Relations 26-25 +2 Democrats Judiciary 21-20 +4 Democrats Resources 28-27 + 3 Democrats Science 25-24 + 2 Democrats Small Business 19-18 +1 Democrat Transportation 41-40 +6 Democrats Veterans 17-16 + 2 Democrats Ways and Means 23-22 +6 Democrats s! ~ �House Committee Party Ratios 106thC ss 101S1 Mouse Memoers Total Committee Seats DJfferenceln D lstrlbutlon of seats Members Percent Percentage IUI.AI ""'-All 1.11an NlaJornv (Rl Mtnorltv (D) MaJorl~ (R) Mlnorltv (DJ maemncent ,w,:, ~~;:ii l~ :, l •.ia> ~11 4U.:»l 1 835 83 458 375 54.BS 44.91 51 3 7 27 34 24 52.94 65.74 4 5 5 32 32 5. 29 19 24 5 5 3 3 5 4 27 22 55.10 24 19 64.55 6 a 66.67 47.06 44.26 46.67 45.00 44.19 45.28 44.90 43.18 33.33 5 3 % Commfttee m1.Jarlty % House maforltv 2 3.59 1 1.68 4.,47 2.07 2.07 Committee Aarlcullura atfons Armed Serdces Banklna & Financial SiJrvices . ~ ; Budaet -Cmrmmce 61 60 60 43 53 49 44 Education & the Workforce Govemmsn I Reform House Adm lnlslrat1011 lnlematfcnal RelsWons JudJclsrv Resources I 9 49 37 62 Rutes Sc.'ence Sma/J Buslr1ess Smndaros of Qffk{al Conduct Tnmsoortation & Jnfrastructu.ra Veterans' Arratrs Wavs & Me,ans Permanent Seled on Jnte/Naence 13 47 36 10 75 2 0 7 24 27 53.33 53.33 ss.a1 54.72 26 23 53.06 21 16 56.76 28 24 53.SS 9 4 25 22 17 69.23 53.19 52.78 19 5 41 31 3 17 39 7 16 2 23 9 Source for data ara CofigrtJsslan.11 Ysrtow Book, and VJ!al Sttrl#sttcs on Congress, 1999-2000.. Delsgales and Aesklenl Commissioner are lnclu:ie<I In 'he oorrmltlae tallos. For consJsr.snct, WlCanclas are C04.lnled h overa11 tctal and pa~ lclals. Pe,centa~as wara calc:ulated by oorrput•r, and reftact roun:llng. In aome fmtanoes, publlshed source may lndlcala unfilled vacency. Rafios do oot re41Ed Jl0$l·alection reslgnalions. 27 28 5 34 14 16 7 60.00 54.67 64.84 68.97 56.25 46.94 43.24 46.15 30.77 46.81 47.22 50.00 45.33 45.16 41.03 43.76 4.55 3.45 3.84 1 3.28 15.40 1.60 5.49 2.58 17.97 1.93 1.51 -1.26 3.40 3.57 7.71 4.99 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001 (MS100) Description An account of the resource The Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers document Joe Moakley’s early life, his World War II service, his terms served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and his service in the United States Congress. The majority of the collection covers Moakley’s congressional career from 1973 until 2001. <br /><br />Use the <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/researchguides/1/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">finding aid</a> for a summary of the entire collection, including non-digitized materials. <br /><br />Digital files can be found at this site: <a href="https://dc.suffolk.edu/moakley/">https://dc.suffolk.edu/moakley/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Speech by Congressman John Joseph Moakley (D-MA) on the Opening Day Rules Package Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03 January 2001 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001 (MS100) Series 08.01 Speeches: Congressional Speeches, Box 7 Folder 462 Relation A related resource <p>View the <a href="https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/about/moakley-archive-and-institute/moakley-papers/ms100_pdftxt.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=97CD508C4A7F337052ABBE22F85910A0E44681B1">finding aid to the John Joseph Moakley Papers</a> for more information (PDF).</p> <p></p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Suffolk University. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use. Type The nature or genre of the resource Documents Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource United States--Congress United States --Congress-- House--Committee on Rules Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DI-1281 Rules Committee