May 2013 | Be a Seed for Change

a repost from 7/30/13

What the Affordable Care Act Really Means for Job Growth

The White House released a new analysis of the relationship between the Affordable Care Act and job growth in the form of an animated GIF.

Prices for personal consumption expenditures (PCE) on health care goods and services rose just 1.1 percent over the twelve months ending in May 2013, the slowest rate of increase in nearly 50 years.

The White House released a new report detailing the important benefits provided by the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill for the domestic agriculture sector, its workforce, and rural American communities.

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The Senate will meet on the following days at the following times for pro forma sessions only with no business conducted, unless the Senate receives a message that the House has adopted S.Con.Res.17, the adjournment resolution:

– Friday, May 24^th at 12:30pm

– Tuesday, May 28^th at 12:00pm and

– Friday, May 31^st at 12:00pm

Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, June 3, 2013 2pmET

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The next meeting in the House is scheduled for 2:00 p.mET on June 3, 2013.

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Last Floor Action:
2:37:46 P.M. – The House adjourned
pursuant to a previous special order

The next meeting in the House is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on May 24, 2013.

10:00:00 A.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
10:00:55 A.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Thomas E. Petri to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
10:00:56 A.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend William Gurnee, Blessed John Paul II Seminary, Washington, DC.
10:02:40 A.M.		The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to section 3(a) of H. Res. 232, the Journal stands approved.
10:02:46 A.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
10:03:00 A.M.		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. Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on May 24, 2013 at 9:06 a.m.: That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 17.
10:05:25 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 17	Considered as privileged matter. S. Con. Res. 17 — “Providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.”
10:05:45 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 17	On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
10:05:55 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 17	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10:05:58 A.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to S. Con. Res. 17. The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on June 3, 2013.