[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 23045-23046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, December 7, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., to receive 
testimony on the report of the Iraq Study Group.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, December 7, 2006, immediately following the next 
vote on the Senate floor, in the Senate Reception Room, S-212 of the 
Capitol, to consider favorably reporting the nomination of Eric Solomon 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to hold an off-the-floor markup during the session on Thursday, 
December 7, 2006, to consider pending committee business.

     Agenda

  Nomination: 1. Paul A. Schneider, Under Secretary for Management, 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Vertically Integrated Sports Programming: Are Cable Companies 
Excluding Competition?'' for Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 11 a.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness list:

  Panel I: Mr. David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast 
Corporation, Philadelphia, PA; Mr. John D. Goodman, President, 
Coalition for Competitive Access to Content, Washington, DC; Dr. Mark 
Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America, 
Washington, DC; Mr. Michael Salinger, Director of Bureau of Economics, 
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC; and Mr. James Baller, The 
Baller Herbst Law Group, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered,


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intellience be authorized to meet during the session of 
the

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Senate on December 7, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed briefing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska is recognized.

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