Wednesday, December 7, 2017 Daily Floor Review

Daily Floor Review Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Motion to Table H.Res. 646 – Mr. Al Green of Texas has offered a Privileged Resolution to impeach President Donald. J. Trump. YEA 364 NAY 058 PRES 004

H.Res. 645 – Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 38 – Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (Rep. Hudson – Judiciary). The Rules Committee has recommended a closed Rule that provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The Rule allows one motion to recommit, with or without instructions, and waives all points of order against the legislation.

Previous Question YEA: 236 NAY: 189

Adoption: YEA: 232 NAY:194

H.R. 38 – Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (Rep. Hudson – Judiciary) (One hour of debate). This bill would require all states to honor a permit to carry a concealed firearm from any other state, regardless of different laws pertaining to the permitting state and the state in which a person is carrying a firearm. This bill is a long-standing National Rifle Association (NRA) priority and severely undermines the ability of states to debate and decide the appropriate requirements for carrying a concealed firearm within their jurisdictions. Regardless of current state laws, H.R. 38 would force every state to accept concealed carry weapons permits from other states, meaning individuals can get a concealed carry permit from states with the easiest requirements and bring that firearm into any other state in the country. H.R. 4477 makes modest changes to the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) that would penalize federal agencies that fail to report relevant criminal records to the FBI and creates an incentive for states to report up-to-date information by giving federal grant preferences to states who comply. While there are many other changes the government can make to increase gun safety in the United States, H.R. 4477 takes a small step in that direction, which is why it received bipartisan support in Committee. If H.R. 4477 were brought to the Floor as a standalone measure it would receive strong Democratic support. Unfortunately, House Republicans have coupled this modest measure with H.R. 38 – a highly partisan NRA bill that puts people at risk and intrudes on a state's right to set its own gun safety laws.

Adding insult to injury, the combined bill, which will be considered a week before the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy on December 14, would not prohibit so-called "bump stocks," the after-market equipment that was used in the Las Vegas mass shooting in

Motion to Recommit: YEA: 190 NAY: 236

Passage: YEA: 231 NAY:198

Postponed Suspensions (4 bills)

1. S. 1266 – Enhancing Veteran Care Act YEA: 423 NAY: 0

2. H.Con.Res. 90 – Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the attacks in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma,

YEA: 423 NAY: 003