[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 10 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D50-D51]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 19 through January 24, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will be in a period of 
morning business.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on the Budget: January 21, to hold hearings to examine 
addressing short- and long-term fiscal challenges, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 21, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Ray LaHood, to be 
Secretary of Transportation, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: January 21, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of 
the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 21, business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as 
Representative to the United Nations, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  January 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
nominations of James B. Steinberg, to be Deputy Secretary, and Jacob 
J. Lew, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, both of 
the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 22, 
to hold hearings to examine what States are doing to keep citizens 
healthy, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
21, to hold hearings to examine the financial crisis and the 
breakdown of financial governance, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Dennis Blair to be Director of National 
Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, January 21, to meet for 
organizational purposes; followed by a markup of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 12 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, January 22, hearing on preventing 
weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, January 21, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 5:15 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 21, to mark up the 
Digital Television Extension Act, 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 22, to consider the portions of the economic recovery 
package under the Committee on Energy and Commerce's jurisdiction, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, January 22, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, January 22, to meet for organizational 
purposes, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 200, Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 
2009; and H.R. 225, Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection 
Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 22, 
hearing on Infrastructure Investment: Ensuring an Effective Economic 
Recovery Package, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 22, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, January 22, to mark up H.R. 598, To 
provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to 
revenue measures, unemployment, and health, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.