[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D68]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the President's Budget for 
Fiscal Year 2006. Testimony was heard from Joshua B. Bolten, Director, 
OMB.
REAL ID ACT OF 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing one hour 
and 40 minutes of general debate on H.R. 418, Real ID Act of 2005, with 
40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, 40 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Government Reform and 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Homeland Security. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that after general debate 
the Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion and no further 
consideration of the bill shall be in order except by a subsequent 
order of the House. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner, 
Representatives Kolbe, Jackson-Lee, Nadler, Meek and Farr. Prior to 
this action the Committee met for organizational purposes.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the President's Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2006. Testimony was heard from John W. Snow, Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.