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Today's Votes

Roll call votes are completed for the week.

The next roll call votes are expected on Monday, Oct. 28 at 6:30 PM.

African Americans

AFRICAN-AMERICANS

116th Congress

(as of 10/17/2019)

Seniority	Member	Party & State	Start of Service
	John Lewis	(D), GA	01-03-1987
	Eleanor Holmes-Norton (delegate)	(D), DC	01-03-1991
	Maxine Waters	(D), CA	01-03-1991
	Sanford Bishop	(D), GA	01-03-1993
	Jim Clyburn	(D), SC	01-03-1993
	Alcee Hastings	(D), FL	01-03-1993
	Eddie Bernice-Johnson	(D), TX	01-03-1993
	Bobby Rush	(D), IL	01-03-1993
	Bobby Scott	(D), VA	01-03-1993
	Bennie Thompson	(D), MS	04-13-1993
	Sheila Jackson Lee	(D), TX	01-03-1995
	Danny Davis	(D), IL	01-03-1997
	Gregory Meeks	(D), NY	02-03-1998
	Barbara Lee	(D), CA	04-07-1998
	William Lacy Clay	(D), MO	01-03-2001
	David Scott	(D), GA	01-03-2003
	G.K. Butterfield	(D), NC	07-20-2004
	Emanuel Cleaver	(D), MO	01-03-2005
	Al Green	(D), TX	01-03-2005
	Gwen Moore	(D), WI	01-03-2005
	Yvette Clarke	(D), NY	01-04-2007
	Hank Johnson	(D), GA	01-04-2007
	Andre Carson	(D), IN	03-13-2008
	Marcia Fudge	(D), OH	11-19-2008
	Karen Bass	(D), CA	01-05-2011
	Cedric Richmond	(D), LA	01-05-2011
	Terri Sewell	(D), AL	01-05-2011
	Frederica Wilson	(D), FL	01-05-2011
	Donald Payne, Jr.	(D), NJ	11-15-2012
	Joyce Beatty	(D), OH	01-03-2013
	Hakeem Jeffries	(D), NY	01-03-2013
	Marc Veasey	(D), TX	01-03-2013
	Robin Kelly	(D), IL	04-11-2013
	Alma Adams	(D), NC	11-12-2014
	Bonnie Watson Coleman	(D), NJ	01-06-2015
	Will Hurd	(R), TX	01-06-2015
	Brenda Lawrence	(D), MI	01-06-2015
	Stacey Plaskett (delegate)	(D), VI	01-06-2015
	Dwight Evans	(D), NJ	11-14-2016
	A. Donald McEachin	(D), VA	01-03-2016
	Anthony Brown	(D), MD	01-03-2016
	Val Demings	(D), FL	01-03-2016
	Al Lawson	(D), FL	01-03-2016
	Lisa Blunt Rochester	(D), DE	01-03-2016
	Joe Neguse	(D), CO	01-03-2019
	Jahana Hayes	(D), CO	01-03-2019
	Lucy McBath	(D), GA	01-03-2019
	Lauren Underwood	(D), IL	01-03-2019
	Ayanna Pressley	(D), MA	01-03-2019
	Ilhan Omar	(D), MI	01-03-2019
	Steve Horsford	(D), NV	01-03-2019
	Antonio Delgado	(D), NY	01-03-2019
	Colin Allred	(D), TX	01-03-2019
Total African-Americans: 53 Democrats: 52 Republicans: 1

Floor Schedule

The House today passed H.R. 4617- SHIELD Act by a vote of 227-181. (Legislative Day 154)

The House returns on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9:00 AM for a pro forma session.

Latest Floor Action

As compiled by the Clerk's Office

Date/Time	Session
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 7:37pm	SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 7:33pm	ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:37pm	COLLOQUY ON 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.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:37pm	Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that when the House adjourns on Thursday, October 24, 2019, it adjourn to meet on Monday, October 28, 2019, when it shall convene at noon for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. Agreed to without objection.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:36pm	Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. on October 24. Agreed to without objection.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:33pm	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:33pm	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 1 (Roll no. 584).
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:26pm	Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 777 — "To reauthorize programs authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004."
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:26pm	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 777, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:26pm	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:26pm	On passage Passed by recorded vote: 227 - 181 (Roll no. 583).
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:17pm	On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 182 - 225 (Roll no. 582).
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:13pm	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:04pm	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes on the Rodney Davis (IL) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to strike subsection (b) of section 1 and all that follows and insert the text of the bill entitled the "Honest Elections Act".
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:04pm	Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on House Administration.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:02pm	The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:02pm	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:01pm	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4617.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 6:00pm	On agreeing to the Lesko amendment; Failed by recorded vote: 180 - 231 (Roll no. 581).
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:26pm	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on the Lesko amendment, which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:26pm	On agreeing to the Spanberger amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:18pm	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Spanberger amendment No. 14.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:18pm	An amendment, offered by Ms. Spanberger, numbered 14 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to require that online platform records of purchase requests for qualified political advertisements include a statement that a person is acting as the agent of a foreign principal and the identification of the foreign principal involved, when applicable. Qualified political advertisements include ads related to national legislative issues of public importance.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:18pm	On agreeing to the Cunningham amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:14pm	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cunningham amendment No. 13.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:14pm	An amendment, offered by Mr. Cunningham, numbered 13 printed in Part B of House Report 116-253 to require the Federal Election Commission to include in its report to Congress an analysis of disinformation campaigns focused on influencing military servicemembers and veterans along with recommendations to address these efforts.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:13pm	On agreeing to the Cunningham amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 5:09pm	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 650, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cunningham amendment No. 12.

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Time (EST)	Session
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