Joe Crowley: “We cannot afford foot-dragging on these agreements, nor shabby treatment of these two important friends and trading…”

Could the House consider this motion immediately? The gentleman from New York requests: Can the House consider this motion immediately? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will first consider the pending motion to table.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have been hearing a lot from my friends on the other side of the aisle about soul-searching. Now that they have passed a $2 trillion-plus tax plan, my Republican colleagues say they are…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 816 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 223, nays 182, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 172] YEAS--223 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amodei Arrington…