http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/today/Upcomfing committee hearings and meetings.en-ushttp://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/<p>Committee: Joint Joint Economic</p> <p>Event Time: 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine the employment situation for October 2009.</p> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/<p>Committee: House House Judiciary</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subc. On H.R. 2811 – To amend Title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal. MC’s and public witnesses. </p> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/<p>Committee: House House Financial Services</p> <p>Event Time: 12:00 p.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. Markup of pending legislation. </p> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/<p>Committee: House House Rules</p> <p>Event Time: 2:00 p.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. On H.R. 3962 – Affordable Health Care for America Act.</p> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/06/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Environment and Public Works</p> <p>Location: SD-406</p> <p>Event Time: 9:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Business meeting to continue consideration of S.1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs</p> <p>Location: SD-538 </p> <p>Event Time: 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine the nominations of Steven L. Jacques, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs, Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, and Marisa Lago, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: House House Science and Technology</p> <p>Location: 2318 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. On geoengineering and assessing the implications of large-scale climate intervention. Public witnesses. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: House House Ways and Means</p> <p>Location: B-318 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Select Revenue Measures Subc. On foreign bank account reporting and tax compliance. Dept. and public witnesses. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: House House Natural Resources</p> <p>Location: 1334 LHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subc. On pending legislation. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: House House Financial Services</p> <p>Location: 2128 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Full Committee. Markup of pending legislation. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: House House Education and Labor</p> <p>Location: 2175 RHOB</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Healthy Families and Communities Subc. On how to prevent child abuse and improve responses to families in crisis. Public witnesses. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Veterans Affairs</p> <p>Location: SR-418 </p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian Health Service cooperation. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions</p> <p>Location: SD-430 </p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate House Judiciary</p> <p>Location: SD-226</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Business meeting to consider S.448 and H.R.985, bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media, S.714, to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission, S.1490, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information, S.139, to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information, 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.1472, to establish a section within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice to enforce human rights laws, to make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations, S.1147, to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and the nominations of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Kenyen Ray Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Stephanie M. Rose, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/<p>Committee: Senate Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</p> <p>Location: SD-342</p> <p>Event Time: 10:00 a.m.</p> <p>Description: Hearings to examine business formation and financial crime, focusing on finding a legislative solution. </p> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0000http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/activity/2009/nov/05/