[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 19 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 7, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the outlook 
for United States monetary and fiscal policy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic 
Growth Act of 2012'', 3 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to 
Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, 
Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Phyllis Marie Powers, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to Republic of Nicaragua, Jonathan Don Farrar, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, and Julissa 
Reynoso, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of 
Uruguay, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Nancy 
J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to India, Department of State, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine accessible technology, focusing on challenges 
and opportunities, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine bolstering 
the economy, focusing on helping American families by reauthorizing 
the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, 2:30 
p.m., SH-216.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3630, to extend the 
payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician 
payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, 
10 a.m., HVC-201.