[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 3 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 23 through January 27, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will not be in session.
  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will meet for a pro forma session.
  On Wednesday, Senate will begin debate on the nomination of Samuel A. 
Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to continue debate on 
the nomination and may consider any other cleared legislative and 
executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 24, to 
hold hearings to examine proposals to reform the National Flood 
Insurance Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  January 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposals 
to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 25, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Janet Ann Sanderson, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  January 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Bernadette Mary Allen, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Niger, Patricia Newton Moller, of Arkansas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, Steven Alan Browning, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, and Robert 
Weisberg, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, 
4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
24, to hold hearings to examine the perspective of emergency 
experts, focusing on government performance during Hurricane 
Katrina, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 24, business meeting to 
consider and vote on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New 
Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: January 26, to hold hearings to 
examine ``The Jobs for Veterans Act Three Years Later: Are VETS' 
Employment Programs Working for Veterans?'', 10 a.m., SR-418.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.