The House has adjourned until Monday, after a thundering debate from Rep. Carlos Bilbao, R-Emmett, in favor of SJM 104, a non-binding memorial opposing the Obama Administration's contraceptive coverage rule. The memorial was approved on a 51-16 vote, with all the House's Democrats and three Republicans, Reps. Trail, F. Wood and L. Smith, opposing it.

“This is a conscience issue, not a contraceptive issue,” Bilbao said forcefully and repeatedly during his debate. “I should be able to purchase insurance without contraception if I want. … This is a battle over our most fundamental freedoms, freedom of religion, and it is a battle over the Constitution, whether Congress can allow government agencies to legislate.” The non-binding measure has six legislative co-sponsors, all Republicans.

The House also approved two other non-binding memorials: SJM 105 from Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, and 23 co-sponsors, urging the federal government to back off and allow states more latitude on issues including endangered species; and SJM 103, from Anderson, Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, and nine legislative co-sponsors, urging reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools Act funding to rural communities, and also promoting the “Community Forest Trust” concept formulated by Shoshone, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho and Valley counties as a pilot project to be included in the program. “I think it could open the door to better management of a huge part of our state,” Anderson told the House.