Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Don't Cancel Votes Sept. 29 -- Oct. 2
Letter
By:
Rick Nolan,
Rush Holt, Jr.,
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr.,
George Miller,
Tulsi Gabbard,
David Scott,
Zoe Lofgren,
Brad Sherman,
Scott Peters,
Gloria Negrete McLeod,
Juan Vargas,
Mike Thompson,
Susan Davis,
Lucille Roybal-Allard,
Mike Honda,
Janice Hahn,
Sam Farr,
Pete Gallego,
Jared Huffman,
Tony Cárdenas,
Elizabeth Esty,
Sanford Bishop, Jr.
...SEE MORE SPEAKERS
Date: Sept. 18, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Legislative Branch
Dear Mr. Speaker,
The current House of Representatives' schedule provides that the House will be in session thirteen days between August 1st and November 11th, a 104 day period. Although we are scheduled to be in session for those thirteen days, for many of the days we will only be in session a few hours.
There are widespread reports that you are considering cancelling votes from September 29th through October 2nd. This would mean that we would theoretically be in session for only nine days during a 104 day period.
We urge you to at least adhere to the already light legislative schedule which you and Mr. Cantor published early this year. Congress should be in session September 29th to October 2nd.
Very truly yours,
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