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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee to hold 

periodic hearings on the topic of waste, fraud, 

abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs which that committee may authorize: H. 

Res. 40, amended, to amend the Rules of the House 

of Representatives to require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on the topic of 

waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs which that committee may authorize, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas with none 

voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 18. Pages H268–73, H281 

TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009: 

The House began consideration of H.R. 384, to reform the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury and ensure accountability 

under such Program. Further proceedings were postponed. Pages H282–90, H290–99 

H. Res. 53, the rule providing for consideration 

of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 

235 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 17, after agreeing 

without objection to order the previous question. 

 Pages H273–81 

Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to H. 

Res. 61, to provide for the attendance of the House 

at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and 

Vice President of the United States. Page H290 

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate 

today appears on page H199. 

Senate Referrals: S. 60 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Page H321 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes 

and two recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H216, 

H266–67, H267–68, H280–81, and H281. There 

were no quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and 

adjourned at 10:28 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational 

purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes. 

TARP REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

ACT OF 2009 

Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a 

rule providing for further consideration of H.R. 384, 

the TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009, 

under a structured rule. No further general debate 

shall be in order. The rule provides that the bill 

shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 

points of order against provisions in the bill. 

The rule makes in order only those amendments 

printed in the report of the Committee on Rules. 

The amendments made in order may be offered only 

in the order printed in the Committee report, may 

be offered only by a Member designated in the Rules 

Committee report, shall be considered as read, shall 

be debatable for the time specified in the Committee 

report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 

for a division of the question in the House or in the 

Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule 

XXI are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides a motion to proceed under section 115 of the 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act if offered by 

the Majority Leader or his designee which may be 

offered not later than the legislative day of January 

22, 2009. Testimony was heard from Representatives 

Speier, Jackson-Lee (TX), Kaptur, Corrine Brown 

(FL), Hinchey, Kennedy, Welch, Neugebauer, 

Gohmert, Dent, and Bilirakis. 

SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY 

Committee on Small Business: Met with non-governmental persons to discuss the State of the Small 

Business Economy and Identifying Policies to Promote an Economic Recovery. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Met for organizational 

purposes. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, 

JANUARY 15, 2009 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 

the nominations of William J. Lynn III, to be Deputy 

Secretary, Robert F. Hale, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Michele Flournoy, to 

be Under Secretary for Policy, and Jeh Charles Johnson, 

to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Defense, 

9:30 a.m., SD–106. 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to 

hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mary 

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and Exchange Commission, Christina Romer, of California, to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, 

Austan Goolsbee, of Illinois, and Cecilia Rouse, of New 

Jersey, each to be a Member of the Council of Economic 

Advisors, and Daniel Tarullo, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD–538. 

Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 

debt outlook and its implications for policy, 10 a.m., 

SD–608. 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Ken Salazar, to be 

Secretary of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. 

Committee on Finance: organizational business meeting to 

consider committee’s rules of procedure for the 111th 

Congress, and an original bill to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, 11:15 a.m., SD–215. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of State; to be followed by a hearing to examine 

the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Representative to 

the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative in the Security Council of 

the United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative to the United 

Nations, 9:30 a.m., SH–216. 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to 

hold hearings to examine investing in health information 

technology (IT), focusing on stimulus for a healthier 

America, 10 a.m., SD–430. 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 

to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Janet A. 

Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 

a.m., SD–342. 

Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 

job creation and economic stimulus in Indian country, 

2:30 p.m., SD–628. 

Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 

the nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SR–325. 

House 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ‘‘The 

U.S. Climate Action Partnership,’’ 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to meet 

for organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, to meet for organizational purposes, 1:55 p.m., followed by a hearing on ‘‘Reinvigorating the Economy 

through Stimulus Legislation: Opportunities for All,’’ 2 

p.m., 2172 Rayburn. 


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