POLITICAL HEADLINES
OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS:
THE HEADLINES….
IN FOCUS: HOUSE PASSES STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES EXTENSION & TRANSPORTATION JOBS BILL WITH A VOTE OF 373-52
House passes student loans, highway jobs bill: The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed legislation to salvage 2.8 million jobs, mostly in construction, and forestall a sharp increase in interest rates on college loans.
The measure cleared the House on a 373-52 vote and Senate approval was expected shortly…. – AP, 6-29-12
- Congress sends student loan and transportation package to Obama: Congress ended months of partisan bickering on Friday by passing and sending to President Barack Obama a comprehensive extension of highway and infrastructure projects, along with a one-year extension of low student loan interest rates…. – msnbc.com, 6-29-12
- Congress moves toward passage of highway bill, takes action on student loans: The burst of legislating comes just four months before the November elections, giving lawmakers achievements to show off to voters who have increasingly held Congress in low esteem…. – CS Monitor, 6-29-12
| 451 | 29-Jun | H R 4348 | On Agreeing to the Conference Report | P | To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes |
| 450 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Passage | P | Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes |
| 449 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | F | Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes |
| 448 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | A | Denham of California Amendment No. 9 |
| 447 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | A | Lankford of Oklahoma Amendment |
| 446 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | A | McClintock of California Amendment No. 13 |
| 445 | 29-Jun | H R 5972 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | F | Blackburn of Tennessee Amendment |
| 444 | 29-Jun | H RES 717 | On Agreeing to the Resolution | P | Providing for consideration of H.R. 5856, Defense Appropriations for FY 2013; consideration of H.R. 6020, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for FY 2013; consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II |
| 443 | 29-Jun | H RES 718 | On Motion to Table | P | Raising a question of the privileges of the House |
