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Online Course for Credentialed Media: Covering the House During the Pandemic

Are you a credentialed Daily Press reporter working remotely these days? If so, please join the House Press Gallery staff for a one-hour online course focusing on congressional research tools. We’ll teach you how to track House floor activity, find the closed captioning of member remarks on the House floor, and call up vote breakdowns. Even if you have been covering Capitol Hill for years, there are a number of resources that have been updated and improved that you might find helpful. You must have a hard-pass press credential to attend.

COURSE NAME:	Covering the House During the Pandemic: Congressional Research Tools
TIMES OFERED:	Wednesday, October 14 at 10:00am – REGISTER Thursday, October 15 at 2:00pm – REGISTER
DURATION:	One hour
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?	All credentialed reporters and editors who cover Capitol Hill

Course Agenda

House Schedule

Viewing the latest daily, weekly, and monthly calendars
Getting the schedule delivered to your e-mail inbox
Automatically syncing the House calendar with your Outlook or Google calendar
Viewing the schedule within Dome Watch
Viewing the Republican Whip calendar
Viewing the schedule on the Clerk’s site

Following Votes

Predicting next vote action
Viewing real-time voting in Dome Watch
Slicing and dicing vote breakdowns with the Clerk’s new site
Viewing roll call vote breakdowns on Congress.gov

Following Floor Activity

Using the Clerk’s site to view live and historical video of floor activity
Searching closed captioning text of live and historical floor activity
Using timestamps to find a specific speech
Filtering floor activity by member
Using Dome Watch to follow floor activity
Useful Twitter accounts to follow floor activity

Researching Members

Using the Clerk’s new site to view detailed member information, including committee assignments and vote history
Finding the official list of member vacancies
Viewing the Clerk’s member demographics lists (accountants, doctors, retiring members, etc.)
Viewing a historical snapshot of a member site

Researching Legislation

Viewing the list of legislation introduced this week
Using Congress.gov to find details about legislation
Using the colloquy to predict future legislative activity
Using the Rules Committee web site to understand the parameters under which legislation will be debated
Searching House communications (Presidential Messages, Executive Communications, Petitions, and Memorials transmitted to the House from January 6, 2015-present)

Financial Disclosures

Viewing member financial disclosure reports
Viewing staff financial disclosure reports

Using the House Press Gallery Web Site

Predicting today’s votes
Viewing current floor activity

Congressional Research Service

Searching and viewing CRS reports

House Telephone Directory

Searching for all current staffers for a member, committee, or officer
Searching the telephone directory by title
Exporting directory results to Excel
Accessing House Press Gallery press secretaries list

Media Events Board

Viewing the media events board on your computer or phone
Adding the media events board as a feature in your newsroom

Adding Useful Shortcuts to Your Phone

Media events board
Today’s votes
Floor action

Floor Schedule

The House is considering amendments to H.R. 4502 - Labor, HHS, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy & Water Development, Financial Services & General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and HUD Appropriations Act of 2022. (Legislative Day 98)

Latest Floor Action

As compiled by the Clerk's Office

Date/Time	Session
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:56pm	SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:44pm	ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:01pm	COLLOQUY ON THE HOUSE SCHEDULE - The Chair recognized Mr. Scalise for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with Mr. Hoyer on the expectations regarding the legislative schedule for the House during the upcoming week.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 11:56am	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:22pm	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 295).
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:22pm	On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 219 (Roll no. 294).
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:54am	The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:54am	Ms. Letlow moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:54am	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:19am	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3755.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:19am	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3755, H.R. 4350 and H.R. 5305. Rule provides for one hour of debate on H.R. 3755; one hour of debate on H.R. 4350, with consideration under a structured rule; and one hour of debate on H.R. 5305, with consideration under a closed rule. The rule provides that proceedings may be postponed through October 1, 2021, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative days of July 26, July 27, or September 21, 2021 and on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The rule provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is further amended by striking "September 22, 2021" and inserting "October 27, 2021".
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:19am	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 667. H.R. 3755 — "To protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services."
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:23am	The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on September 24, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.: That the Senate agreed to Relative to the death of Robert Britton "Bob" Dove, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United States Senate S. Res. 386; passed H.R. 5293; and agreed to H. Con. Res. 41.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:03am	ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute speeches, which by direction of the Chair would be limited to 5 per side of the aisle.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:03am	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Mr. O'Halleran to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:03am	SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL - Pursuant to section 11(a) of H. Res. 188, the Journal of the last day's proceedings was approved.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:01am	Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben.
Fri, 09/24/2021 - 9:01am	The House convened, starting a new legislative day.

Home Page Tabs

No committee calendar events are scheduled for this date.

As compiled by the Clerk's Office More

Time (EST)	Session
02:00 pm	H.R. 3110 PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act; H.R. 3992 Protect Older Job Applicants POJA Act H.R. 2119 Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021 Committee on Rules Read More H-313 CAPITOL