Current Hill Activities

The Senate

The Senate convenes at 10:00 a.m. to resume the consideration of the nomination of Christopher Hill to be Ambassador to Iraq. The Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for the weekly party luncheons.

The House

The House meets at 2:00 p.m. for Legislative Business
Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. The last vote is predicted for 7:00 p.m.

Suspensions (9 Bills)
1) H.R. 1694 - Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act (Rep. Holt – Natural Resources)
2) H.R. 388 - Crane Conservation Act of 2009 (Rep. Baldwin – Natural Resources)
3) H.R. 411 - Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009 (Rep. Inslee – Natural Resources)
4) H.R. 1219 - Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2009 (Rep. Bilbray – Natural Resources)
5) S. 39 - A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze" (Sen. McCain – Natural Resources)
6) H.Res. 320 - Honoring the Life and achievements of Dr. John Hope Franklin (Rep. Watt – Oversight and Government Reform)
7) H.Res. 254 - Recognizing the designation of March 2009 as Irish American Heritage Month and honoring the significance of Irish Americans in the history and progress of the United States (Rep. McCarthy (NY) - Oversight and Government Reform)
8) H.Res. 214 - Recognizing the efforts of the countless volunteers who helped the Commonwealth of Kentucky recover from the ice storm of January 2009 (Rep. Guthrie - Oversight and Government Reform)
9) H.R. 1516 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, Florida, as the "Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office" (Rep. Brown-Waite - Oversight and Government Reform)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
10:00 AM
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Full Committee Field Hearing
Brooklyn Borough Hall; 209 Joralemon Street; Brooklyn, N.Y.
Economic Stimulus Oversight

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
10:00 AM
Congressional Oversight Panel
628 Senate Dirksen
Hearing with Secretary Geithner
This hearing is open to press and public and will be webcast on their website at www.cop.senate.gov.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
10:00 AM
Joint Economic Committee
210 Cannon
Systemic Risk of Large Financial Institutions

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
9:30 AM
House Financial Services Committee
2128 Rayburn
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
10:30 AM
House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
2175 Rayburn
Retirement Account Disclosure

Thursday, April 23, 2009
9:00 AM
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
342 Senate Dirksen
State and Local Oversight of Stimulus Funding

Thursday, April 23, 2009
9:30 AM
Joint Economic Committee
210 Cannon
TARP Quarterly Report

Thursday, April 23, 2009
10:00 AM
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Full Committee Confirmation Hearing
538 Dirksen Bldg.
Treasury and HUD Nominations
Ronald Sims to be deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Peter Kovar to be assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for congressional and intergovernmental affairs
David Cohen to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorist financing

Thursday, April 23, 2009
1:00 PM
House Financial Services Committee
2128 Rayburn
Mortgage Regulation Overhaul
SIFMA's CEO Tim Ryan to Testify