"The House shall come to order and the Members shall be in their chairs. We shall be led in prayer today by Lee Crawford, Assistant Pastor of the Victory Temple Church of God and Christ. The Members (sic - Guest) in the gallery may wish to stand and join us in the prayer."
"Let us bow our hearts. Eternal God, giver of life, giver of health and the giver of strength. We come humbly before You honoring You as, our Saviour, our redeemer, our restorer, honoring You as our guider, our comforter, our healer. We praise You for Your mighty acts. And glorify You for Your tender mercy, Your kindness and Your love for all humanity. We ask and thank You in Your Son's name, Amen."
"We shall be led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Representative Hartke."
Hartke - et al: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Roll Call for Attendance. Mr. Poe, are you seeking recognition?" Poe: "For the Republicans are all in attendance today."
Speaker Madigan: "Very good, thank You. Representative Currie, any excused absences?"
"Thank you, Speaker. Although it may not look like it, my information is that we're all here."
"Thank you, the Clerk shall take the roll. There be 118 Members responding to the Attendance Roll Call there is a quorum present. Committee Reports."
"Representative Madigan, Chairman from the Committee on Rules to which the following Resolution was referred, action taken on January 9th, 1997, reported the same back 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 2nd Legislative Day January 9, 1997 'do approve for consideration', House Joint Resolution 2."
"Supplemental Calendar announcement."
"Supplemental Calendar #1 is being distributed."
Speaker Madigan: "Ladies and Gentleman, if we could have your attention, please. We've already prepared an Adjournment Resolution and we wish to change a time on the Adjournment Resolution from 12:00 to 11:30 a.m. I've spoken with Mr. Daniels who has agreed, we'll just amend that on the face. So, Mr. Clerk, you can make that change in the Resolution. We are prepared to adjourn. Both Parties will go to Party caucuses. Democrats in Room 114, Republicans in Room 118. Mr. Clerk, what do we have? Read the Resolution."
Clerk Rossi: "House Joint Resolution #2, offered by Representative Brunsvold. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the 90th General Assembly, the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein that when the House of Representatives adjourns on Thursday, January 9th 1997, it stands adjourned until Tuesday, January 14th, 1997 at 12:00 noon in Perfunctory Session, and when it adjourns on that day it stands adjourned until Wednesday, January 15th, 1997, at 12:30 p.m. And when it adjourns on that day it stands adjourned until Thursday, January 16, 1997, and when it adjourns on that day it stands adjourned until Wednesday, January 22, 1997 at 12:30 p.m. And when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, January 9th, 1997, it stands adjourned until Wednesday, January 22, 1997, at 11:30 a.m."
Speaker Madigan: "You've all heard the Resolution, Mr. Brunsvold,"
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would move for the adoption of House Joint Resolution #2."
"Those in favor say 'aye", those opposed say 'no', the 'ayes' have it, the Resolution is adopted. Mr. 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 2nd Legislative Day January 9, 1997 Clerk, is there anything further?"
"No announcements."
"Again, both Parties will go to Party caucuses, Democrats go to Room 114 immediately. Mr. Brunsvold moves the House stand adjourned, all those in favor say 'aye'; those opposed say 'no'. The House does stand adjourned." 3