mr. clyburn and mr. lewis before the house later today so we can take an important step to protect the right of every american to vote. i was appalled by widespread reports of voters to wait in long lines simply to exercise one of our fundamental rights, the right to vote. even in some states with early voting, they were forced to choose missing work or taking care of their children or giving up their right to vote all together. in miami, hundreds of vote rsers stood in lines for four hours after the polls closed after president obama had been declared the winner. it is denial of the right to vote because of illness or change in the work schedule or pick up a child from school or an emergency that they could not afford to wait in line for several hours to exercise that right sm the motion to commit in the house will make two important changes, first it will require in federal elections that every state provide for at least 15 days early voting and two, it would require the states provide adequate resourc

mr. clyburn. >> gentleman recognized for three minutes. >> thank you very much. madam speaker, today is a day of great pride for every member just sworn in. particularly our newly elected members. it's great honor to be elected and serve in this body. on election day our constituents went to their polling places and voted for us. we should be thankful for that. particularly so, far too many of our constituents regardless of their political leanings, voted on election day with unnecessarily burdensome, time consuming and unpleasant experience. in a home county in south carolina, voters reported waiting in line for over four hours. one young voter thought ahead of time, brought an ipad and watched the entire hunger games movie while in line. others understandably didn't have three hours to spare on a work day. in detroit, michigan, gina waited in lines for more than three hours before giving up. danielle wilkins voted after waiting four hours. in the county of florida -- she went to the polling plac

mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. clyburn: madam speaker, i request unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. clyburn: i thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. in 2011 the majority leader, mr. cantor, said, we don't need to be governing in two-month increments. i agree. we don't need anymore uncertainty. i agree. he then said uncertainty prevents entrepreneurs from taking a risk from starting a business, and creating jobs. i agree. and governing in three-month increments is no better. it maintains a continuous cloud of uncertainty. we all saw the damage caused in 2011 when our republican colleagues risked the full faith and credit of the united states. this is -- this caused the downgrading of america's credit. going down this road again with our ongoing economic recover would reverse job growth. my republican colleagues continue to use the american economy as leverage f

mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for three minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker and i appreciate the gentleman yielding me time. it's about time the house put aside supreme partisanship and work together on a compromise to address the nation's most pressing issues. in reality, it's far past time that we put aside extreme partisanship. during the entire time of the 112th congress, we have seen narrow political interests placed ahead of the public interests. here we are on new year's night. considering bipartisan legislation to provide middle-class tax cuts, require the wealthiest once again to pay their fair share so we can grow the economy, create jobs and protect the most vulnerable in our society. it is indeed well past time we got about the people's business. mr. speaker, in 2011, i served on the biden group of both republican and democratic representatives and senators who worked with the vice president on our nation's fiscal issues.

mr. clyburn. today we have a simple step we can take to make sure voting is simple for americans and they can exercise their right to be broadcast to the rest of the world about how we choose our leaders and exercise of democracy, but that democracy is now being supported by efforts at the local and state level to make voting more difficult and prohibit people from voting. we can change all that in the motion to commit today in this rules package. i would urge my colleagues to support that. i want to thank mr. cliburn and mr. lewis for their leadership. i'm sorry leadership is not able to be here today. >> the gentlelady reserves -- the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. i'm very disappointed that the minority, even upon me just asking, has chosen not to share the text of the motion to commit with us. a lot of discussion about wanting people to come and vote back home and see things -- there is a lot of debate here about what we are hoping a lot of republica

mr. clyburn of south carolina for today. the speaker: without objection, the request is granted. yesterday's announcement under clause 5-b of rule 20 should have indicated the whole number of the house is 430. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to senate concurrent resolution 3, 113th congress, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. pursuant to senate concurrent resolution 3, the 113th congress, the house stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday, january 14, 2013. >> in the inauguration of the president will be monday, january 21. we will have live coverage on the c-span network. coming up, we will go live to a briefing with senator charles schumer. we expect he will make remarks on the aid to the victims of hurricane sandy. live coverage starts at 2:00 eastern. we will have it for you here on c-span. while you wait, your phone calls from "washington journal

mr. basera. >> as chairman of the democratic caucus, i have been directed to report the democratic members selected as minority assistant democratic leader, the gentlemen from south carolina, the honorable james clyburn. >> recognizes the gentle lady from washington state. >> mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and asked for immediate consideration. >> the clerk will report the resolution. >> house resolution one resolved. karen l. hoss of the state of maryland will be and chosen the clerk of the house of representatives and paul d. irving is chosen. >> the 113th congress are officially beginning their business and getting ready for two years of activity and the new speaker is the old speaker. there was never much doubt that john boehner would be reelected speaker of the house and no doubt that nancy pelosi would be reelected the minority leader of the house of representatives. our senior congressional correspondent, a historic day for the united states of america. an important day and you saw john boehner once again over the past hour or so as usual gets very emotional on these momentous occasions. >> here sure does. as gar an teed as the sunrising in the morning that he will break down whe

mr. clyburn. today we have a simple step we can take to make sure voting is simple for americans and they can exercise their right to be broadcast to the rest of the world about how we choose our leaders and exercise of democracy, but that democracy is now being supported by efforts at the local and state level to make voting more difficult and prohibit people from voting. we can change all that in the motion to commit today in this rules package. i would urge my colleagues to support that. i want to thank mr. cliburn and mr. lewis for their leadership. i'm sorry leadership is not able to be here today. >> the gentlelady reserves -- the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. i'm very disappointed that the minority, even upon me just asking, has chosen not to share the text of the motion to commit with us. a lot of discussion about wanting people to come and vote back home and see things -- there is a lot of debate here about what we are hoping a lot of republica