The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m. and proceed to a period of morning
business until 4 p.m. The chamber will then resume consideration of the
unemployment insurance extension bill (HR 3548) and will hold a vote at 5 p.m.
on the motion to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment to the measure.
·HR 3548
— Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009
Tuesday, Nov. 3, Time TBA
Wednesday and Balance of the Week (tentative)
·Draft — Stopgap appropriations
·HR 2847 — Commerce-Justice-Science spending
·HR 3082 — Military Construction-VA spending
House Floor
Monday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m.
The House will convene at 2 p.m. for legislative business. The chamber is
expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules. Votes will be
postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8 a.m.
The House will reconvene at 8 a.m., and is expected to recess at 9 a.m.
The chamber will reconvene at 10 a.m. for a joint meeting of both chambers to
receive the chancellor of Germany.
The House will then resume legislative business and is expected to consider
bills under suspension of the rules.
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m.
The House will convene at 10 a.m. for legislative business. The chamber
is expected to consider a bill that would modify credit card regulations (HR
3639). The House may also consider a chemical security plant bill (HR 2868).
·HR 3639
— Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009
·HR 2868
— Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009
Thursday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.
The House will convene at 10 a.m. for legislative business. The chamber
is expected to consider health care overhaul legislation (HR 3962).
·HR 3962
— Affordable Health Care for America
Act
Friday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m.
The House will reconvene at 9 a.m. and resume legislative business from
the previous day.
Senate Committee Schedule
Tuesday
Senate Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions Committee
Hearing, Increasing Small Business
Health Care Costs
Date Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2:30 p.m.
Place 430 Dirksen Bldg.
·Art Cullen, editor, The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, Iowa
Note Committee will consider
amendments to HR 3817 and begin consideration of the systemic risk bill.
·HR 3817 — Investor Protection Act of 2009
·Draft Bill — A bill to eliminate systemic risk
and provide for prudential bank overhaul
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.
Note Committee will take a final
vote to report on HR 3817 and continue consideration of the systemic risk bill.
·HR 3817 — Investor Protection Act of 2009
·Draft Bill — A bill to eliminate systemic risk
and provide for prudential bank overhaul
Date Thursday, Nov. 5, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.
Note Agenda tentative, any action
no completed Oct. 4 will carry over to Oct. 5.
·Draft Bill — A bill to eliminate systemic risk
and provide for prudential bank overhaul
·Draft Bill — Amendment in the nature of a
substitute to HR 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009
·HR 3904 — Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
Date Friday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.
·Draft Bill — A bill to eliminate systemic risk
and provide for prudential bank overhaul
·Draft Bill — Amendment in the nature of a
substitute to HR 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009
·HR 3904 — Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
House Oversight and Government
Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
Hearing, Managing the Thrift
Savings Plan
Date Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2 p.m.
Place 2154 Rayburn Bldg.
Wednesday
House Oversight and Government
Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement
Hearing Protecting Intellectual
Property Rights
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2154 Rayburn Bldg.
House Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
Hearing, Distracted Driving
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies
News Conference/Briefing, H1N1
Influenza Pandemic
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m.
Place 2359 Rayburn Bldg.
·Thomas R. Frieden, director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
·Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary of Health and
Human Services for preparedness and response
·Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
·Donald Williamson, state health officer, Alabama
Department of Public Health
·Rob Fulton, director, St. Paul-Ramsey County,
Minnesota Department of Public Health
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hearing, Climate Change Issues
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m.
Place 2172 Rayburn Bldg.
·Todd D. Stern, special envoy for climate change,
Department of State
·Former member of Congress Timothy E. Wirth
(D-Colo., House 1975-87, Senate 1987-93), president, United Nations Foundation
and Better World Fund
·Eileen Claussen, president, PewCenter
on Global Climate Change, and former assistant secretary of State for oceans
and international environmental and scientific affairs
·Steven Groves, fellow, The Margaret Thatcher
Center for Freedom, The Heritage
House Small Business Committee
Hearing, Small Business and the
Estate Tax
Date Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1 p.m.
Place 2360 Rayburn Bldg.
Thursday
House Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
Hearing, Foreign Bank Account
Reporting and Tax Compliance
Date Thursday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.
Place 1100 Longworth Bldg.
·HR 3933 — Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of
2009
House Oversight and Government
Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
Hearing, "More Than Stamps:
Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing World."