From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Luke Russert
GOP aides tell NBC News that floor debate, on Tuesday, will resume on the House Republican efforts to repeal the health-care law.

Aides add the official detailed schedule will be released tomorrow.

“As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the health care bill next week," said a spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. "Americans have legitimate concerns about the cost of the new health care law and its effect on the ability to grow jobs in our country. It is our expectation that the debate will continue to focus on those substantive policy differences surrounding the new law.”

From NBC's Luke Russert and Shawna Thomas
The text of the resolution honoring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and others who were killed or injured in Tucson, AZ on Saturday has been released. The resolution also honors those who acted bravely to subdue the gunman.

GOP aides say the resolution was constructed in a bipartisan manner with special input from Giffords' office. The expectation is that Speaker John Boehner will bring the resolution to the floor on Wednesday soon after the House is gaveled into session at 10:00 am ET. The resolution condemns the "horrific attack" and honors a democracy "in which intimidation and threats of violence cannot silence the voices of any American."

Here's the full text of the resolution:

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011.

Whereas on January 8, 2011, an armed gunman opened fire at a ''Congress on your Corner'' event hosted by Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing 6 and wounding at least 14 others;

Whereas Christina Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabriel Zimmerman
lost their lives in this attack;

Whereas Christina Taylor Green, the 9-year-old daughter of John and Roxanna Green, was born on September 11,
2001, and was a third grader with an avid interest in government who was recently elected to the student council
at Mesa Verde Elementary School;

Whereas Dorothy Morris, who was 76 years old, attended the January 8 event with George, her husband of over 50
years with whom she had 2 daughters, and who was also critically injured as he tried to shield her from the shooting;

Whereas John Roll, a Pennsylvania native who was 63 years old, began his professional career as a bailiff in 1972,
was appointed to the Federal bench in 1991, and became chief judge for the District of Arizona in 2006, and was
a devoted husband to his wife Maureen, father to his 3 sons, and grandfather to his 5 grandchildren;

Whereas Phyllis Schneck, a proud mother of 3, grandmother of 7, and great-grandmother from New Jersey, was
spending the winter in Arizona, and was a 79-year-old church volunteer and New York Giants fan;

Whereas Dorwan Stoddard, a 76-year-old retired construction worker and volunteer at the Mountain Avenue Church of
Christ, is credited with shielding his wife Mavy, a longtime friend whom he married while they were in their 60s, who was also injured in the shooting;

Whereas Gabriel Matthew Zimmerman, who was 30 years old and engaged to be married, served as Director of Community
Outreach to Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and was a social worker before serving with Representative
Giffords;

Whereas Representative Gabrielle Giffords was a target of this attack, and remains in critical condition at an Arizona hospital;

Whereas 13 others were also wounded in the shooting, including Ron Barber and Pamela Simon, both staffers to Representative Giffords; and

Whereas several of those in attendance at this event, including Patricia Maisch, Roger Sulzgeber, Joseph Zimudie,
and Daniel Hernandez, Jr., helped apprehend the gunman and assist the injured, thereby risking their lives for
the safety of others, and should be commended for their bravery: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives-
(1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific attack which occurred at the ''Congress on your Corner'' event hosted by Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011;

(2) offers its heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of those who were killed in that attack;

(3) expresses its hope for the rapid and complete recovery of those wounded in the shooting;

(4) honors the memory of Christina Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, John Roll, Phyllis Schneck,Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabriel Zimmerman;

(5) applauds the bravery and quick thinking exhibited by those individuals who prevented the gunman from potentially taking more lives and helped to save those who had been wounded;

(6) recognizes the service of the first responders who raced to the scene and the health care professionals who tended to the victims once they reached the hospital, whose service and skill saved lives;

(7) reaffirms the bedrock principle of American democracy and representative government, which is memorialized in the First Amendment of the Constitution and which Representative Gabrielle Giffords herself read in the Hall of the House of Representatives on January 6, 2011, of ''the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances'';

(8) stands firm in its belief in a democracy in which all can participate and in which intimidation and threats of violence cannot silence the voices of any American;

(9) honors the service and leadership of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a distinguished member of this House, as she courageously fights to recover; and

(10) when adjourning today, shall do so out of respect to the victims of this attack.

From NBC’s Michael Isikoff and Luke Russert
New York Rep. Peter King, chairman of House Homeland Security Committee, will introduce a bill to ban carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a member of Congress and federal judges. The measure will also apply to carrying weapons near the president or vice president.

King announced the measure at a press conference today with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who heads a gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and who is backing the bill. King's move may indicate there may be gaining momentum for some sort of gun-control measures in the wake of the Tucson shooting.

King's spokesman was unable to immediately say whether the congressman, who has been generally supportive of gun control measures, would back a separate bill being pushed by New York Democrat Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and New Jersey Democrat Sen. Frank Lautenberg to ban the kind of high capacity magazines that alleged Tucson shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, used during Saturday's attack.

Here is part of King's statement:

“Congressman Peter King today also announced that he will introduce legislation that will make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress or judges of the Federal Judiciary. In the United States, it is illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a school. Passing a similar law for government officials would give federal, state, and local law enforcement a better chance to intercept would-be shooters before they pull the trigger.”

King is a moderate Republican from a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. He has often worked with Bloomberg on gun issues. It remains to be seen whether any of his fellow Republicans would sign on to such a bill. Remember, the new GOP-led House is composed of many members that have strong pro-gun ratings from the National Rifle Association.

From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Luke Russert; msnbc.com's Carrie Dann:

As her party enters the minority in the U.S. House, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been once again elected to the chamber’s top Democratic leadership spot. But Pelosi’s party wasn’t unanimous in backing her for the job, with almost one in ten members of the caucus voting for a different candidate.

A total of 19 Democrats broke with their party to vote for someone other than Pelosi, whose low approval ratings have been frequently cited as one reason for heavy Democratic losses in the November election.

Eleven voted for Pelosi rival and Blue Dog Rep. Health Shuler of North Carolina.

Here’s a full list of the defectors:

For Shuler (11):
Altmire (PA)
Boren (OK)
Cooper (TN)
Donnelly (IN)
Holden (PA)
Kissell (NC)
McIntyre (NC)
Matheson (UT)
Michaud (ME)
Ross (AR)
Shuler (NC)

For Rep. John Lewis of Georgia (2)
Barrow (GA)
Giffords (AZ)

For Rep. Jim Costa of California (1)
Cardoza (CA)

For Rep. Dennis Cardoza of California (1)
Costa (CA)

For Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee (1)
Kind (WI)

For Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio (1)
Lipinski (IL)

For Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland (1)
Schrader (OR)

Voting “present” (1)
Bishop (GA)

From NBC's Luke Russert
Sources tell NBC News the Democratic leadership will be meeting in the next hour to try and figure out the best way forward for the president's compromise tax bill.

All indications are that they are going to try and pass this out of the House by tonight.

It is not known whether an entirely new Rule will be constructed or the previous one will be amended.

Something to remember: the previous Rule set the length of debate at three hours. So once the Rule is actually agreed to and passed, there would then be three hours of debate and final voting tacked onto that time.

From NBC's Luke Russert and Shawna Thomas
The Rule for President Obama's tax cut compromise has been pulled from the House floor temporarily. This is a temporary setback and senior leadership aides say there will likely be a vote on final passage tonight. It's unclear, however, if the bill will be amended.

If the bill changes, it would have to be kicked back up to the Senate for final approval before it can be signed into law by the president -- and the Senate has signaled it would not welcome any changes.

The reason for this setback? Sources tell NBC News that the Democratic Leadership did not have the votes to pass the Rule, i.e., approve the rules for debating the tax compromise.

Why were the votes not there?
1. The Rule could have passed with GOP support, however, the minority party pretty much always votes against the Rule, because it's created solely by the leadership of the majority party. It's considered heresy by minority leadership to vote for the Rule if you're in the minority party.

2. The main reason why the bill is delayed is that House liberal Democrats wanted more opportunities to publicly display their anger with the compromise.

As the Rule is currently constructed, there would be a vote on one amendment, the estate-tax language. Liberals were not being offered a chance to vote against other things they did not like in the bill.

For example: Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., offered an amendment that would allow unemployment benefits to be extended from 13 months to 24 months.

There is something in there about pension reform that House liberals do not like.

Bottom line: House Democrats want more of an opportunity to publicly voice their displeasure and have a record of that displeasure.

Also, with the Senate being in most of next week, House liberal Democrats did not see their delaying the final passage of the bill as that big a deal.

What happens going forward?
The House Rules Committee is meeting right now to construct a different Rule that will give House liberal Democrats a chance to vote on more amendments that can show their anger with the bill. This will happen later tonight.

If the bill is sent back to the Senate, final passage on the tax bill likely might not happen until the middle of next week.

The likelihood on all this is that House liberals come around and say something like, "I fought it as long as I could, but I wanted to preserve unemployment benefits before Christmas, etc."

Quite simply: This is liberal House Democrats taking their last loud and boisterous stand.

From NBC's Luke Russert
It hasn’t taken long for Democrats to use Rep. Joe Barton’s (R) political blunder to try and solicit donations to the party and keep the heat on Republicans.

In an email to supporters, the DNC asks for money to begin airing a TV ad targeting Barton's remarks. "We're whipping together an ad as fast as possible to make sure voters know exactly whose side Barton and the GOP are on and to demand they stop apologizing to big oil, but we need your help to get it on the air," the email says. "If you're as furious as I am, will you chip in $5 to help us fight back?"

The DNC tells NBC News that the ad will be completely funded through direct donations and that it will run “the first of next week on national cable (CNN and MSNBC).”

Democrats are actively trying to keep Barton’s gaffe a national story as the news cycle slows down heading into the weekend. One GOP aide tells NBC that Barton’s comment and subsequent awkward apologies were, “beyond moronic.” Hence why the weekend can’t come soon enough for Republicans.

*** UPDATE *** NBC has obtained the script of the ad:
VO: BP caused the worst oil spill in American history.
Images or video of spill
VO: Now, at President Obama's direction, BP's set aside 20 billion for recovery on the Gulf coast.
Photo from WH of POTUS w/BP from this week, images of video of spill
VO: But if Republicans were in charge, this is the guy who'd be overseeing BP Blurred/grainy video of Barton
VIDEO BARTON: "...I apologize"
VO: He apologized to BP and called the recovery fund a "tragedy"
VIDEO BARTON: "So I apologize"
VO: Republicans apologizing to BP? Tell Republicans: Stop apologizing to big oil.
VO: The Democratic National Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.

From NBC's Luke Russert
There are new details out regarding a disturbing pattern of behavior from former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), including an allegation that Massa solicited sex from a young bartender at the wake of a U.S. soldier killed in action.

Apparently that incident lead to Massa's own staff to take the matter to the House Democratic Leadership, the Washington Post reports.

A member of the New York delegation tells NBC News he heard about the bartender story and that it was the "straw the broke the camel's back."

Here's that incident from the Post:

The incident that eventually lead to Massa's resignation occurred at a funeral reception on Feb. 2 in Hornel, N.Y., for Lance Cpl. Zack Smith. The 19-year-old Marine had died in an explosion in Afghanistan. Massa struck up a conversation with a young bartender serving at the informal wake.

Four days later, a local blogger alerted the congressman's office that someone had posted an anonymous comment on his site accusing Massa of soliciting sex from the bartender, according to an e-mail obtained by The Post.

Racalto said he also received a voicemail message from the bartender asking why Massa wanted to meet him in Buffalo, 85 miles away, for dinner. Racalto said he confronted Massa, and the congressman said he was trying to give the man a law school reference.