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Program For The Remainder Of The Week
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The House meets at 12:30 p.m.
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Senate Floor Schedule
Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010
2:00 p.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to consider the nominations of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Craig Becker to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010
10:00 am
Budget
Hearings to examine the economic outlook and risks for the Federal budget and
debt.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
10:00 am
Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine the nominations of William D. Magwood, IV, of Maryland, William Charles Ostendorff, of Virginia, and George Apostolakis, of Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
2:15 pm
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 2961, to provide debt relief to Haiti, S. 1382, to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, a simple resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding of Haiti
following the humanitarian crisis caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, S.Res. 400, urging the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to address instability in Yemen, S.Res. 404, supporting full implementation of the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement and other efforts to promote peace and stability in Sudan, and the nominations of Leocadia Irine Zak, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, Walter Crawford Jones, of Maryland, to be United
States Director of the African Development Bank, and Douglas A. Rediker, of Massachusetts, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ian Hoddy Solomon, of Maryland, to be United States Executive
Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Donald E. Booth, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Bisa Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Beatrice
Wilkinson Welters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of the Philippines, David Adelman, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the
United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of
Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Brooke D. Anderson, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, and to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America
for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Allan J. Katz, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Ian C. Kelly, of Maryland, to be U. S. Representative to the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, and Judith Ann Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, all of the Department of State, and a promotion list in the Foreign
Service.
S-116
2:30 pm
Armed Services
To receive a closed briefing on policies, procedures, and practices relating to the transfer of detainees held at the Guantanamo Detention
Facility.
SVC-217
2:30 pm
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of
Transportation.
Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253
2:30 pm
Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine the nominations of Arthur Allen Elkins, Jr., of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, Earl F. Gohl, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission,
and Sandford Blitz, of Maine, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional
Commission.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
2:30 pm
Intelligence
Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence
matters.
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 219
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
9:30 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance
Hearings to examine equipping financial regulators with the tools necessary to monitor systemic
risk.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 538
9:30 am
Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider any pending nominations; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the President?s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of the
Interior.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 366
9:30 am
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Homeland
Security.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342
9:30 am
Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 418
10:00 am
Budget
Hearings to examine setting and meeting an appropriate target for fiscal
sustainability.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
10:00 am
Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Hearings to examine collaborative solutions to wildlife and habitat
management.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
10:00 am
Judiciary
Hearings to examine combating cyber crime and identity theft in the digital
age.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
2:30 pm
Armed Services
To receive a closed briefing on the status of the Nuclear Posture
Review.
SVC-217
2:30 pm
Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine the nominations of Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, Barbara Short Haskew, of Tennessee, Neil G. McBride, of Tennessee, and William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
2:30 pm
Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine foreign policy priorities in the fiscal year 2011 International Affairs
budget.
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216
4:00 pm
Judiciary
Hearings to examine certain nominations.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010
9:30 am
Armed Services
To resume hearings to examine the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
policy.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50
9:30 am
Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee
Program.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 366
10:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine aviation security, focusing on passenger screening technology and advanced screening
methods.
Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253
10:00 am
Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine global warming impacts, including public health, in the United
States.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
10:00 am
Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues
Hearings to examine the future of U.S. public
diplomacy.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
10:00 am
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine the lessons and implications of the Christmas day attack, focusing on watchlisting and
pre-screening.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342
10:00 am
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine a stronger workforce investment system for a stronger
economy.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
10:00 am
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals
experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to
include crimes against the homeless, S. 1554, to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to prevent later delinquency and improve the health and well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers through the development of local
Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of a National Court Teams Resource Center to assist such Court Teams, H.R. 1741, to require the Attorney General to make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and local
governments to establish and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs, S. 1132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, S. 2772, to
establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase public safety, and the nominations of Dawn Elizabeth
Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Genevieve Lynn May, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and James P. Lynch, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, all
of the Department of Justice, and Nancy D. Freudenthal, to be United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Denzil Price Marshall Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Benita Y. Pearson, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, and Timothy S. Black, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Ohio.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
10:00 am
Joint Economic Committee
Hearings to examine the economic outlook.
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216
2:15 pm
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for tribal programs and
initiatives.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 628
2:30 pm
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Hearings to examine the census, focusing on a progress report on the Census Bureau's preparedness for the
enumeration.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342
2:30 pm
Intelligence
Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence
matters.
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 219
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
9:30 am
Armed Services
Hearings to examine proposed defense authorization request for fiscal year 2011 for the Future Years Defense
Program.
SDG-50
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010
9:30 am
Armed Services
Hearings to examine the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open
session.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50
Tuesday, Mar. 02, 2010
2:00 pm
Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine a legislative presentation from Disabled Veterans of
America.
CHOB-345
Thursday, Mar. 04, 2010
9:30 am
Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine legislative presentations from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Ex-Prisoners of War, Blinded Veterans Association, Military Officers Association of America, Air Force
Sergeants Association, and the Wounded Warrior
Project.
CHOB-345
Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2010
9:30 am
Armed Services
Location: Hearings to examine U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 following the open
session.
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216
9:30 am
Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine a legislative presentation from Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
SDG-50
Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010
9:30 am
Armed Services
Location: Hearings to examine U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 following the open
session.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50
Thursday, Mar. 18, 2010
9:30 am
Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine legislative presentations from AMVETS, National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers Association, Gold Star Wives, The Retired Enlisted Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Vietnam
Veterans of America, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America.
SDG-50
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