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House Voting Schedule
Roll Calls
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Congressional Calendar for Monday, May 12
- U.S. House:
- Pro Forma Session: 2pm ET
- U.S. Senate:
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Recent Programs
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Ryan Alexander takes a look at the mission of Taxpayers for Common Sense, as well as the tools available on its website which allow the public to track congressional earmarks and their sponsors. Ms. Alexander also discusses new earmark disclosure rules passed by Congress in 2007, and proposals for reform.
Washington, DC
: 32 min.
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Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) chairs a Finance Cmte. hearing to examine the inadequacies among a number of key services to the public at Social Security Administration (SSA) field offices resulting from reductions in staff and growth in workloads.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 29 min.
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Agriculture Cmte. chairmen Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) hold a news conference to announce the farm bill conference report.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 12 min.
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Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) chairs an Energy & Commerce, Oversight and Investigations hearing on the misleading and deceptive nature of direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription pharmaceuticals. Officials from the companies testified about Pfizer’s ads for Lipitor featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik, Merck/Schering-Plough’s "Food and Family" ads for Vytorin, and Johnson and Johnson’s ads for Procrit.
Washington, DC
: 3 hr. 57 min.
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House Min. Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) conducts a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 110th Congress.
Washington, DC
: 12 min.
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House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) conducts a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 110th Congress.
Washington, DC
: 15 min.
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Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong joined other cancer survivors and health care providers at Senate Health, Ed., Labor & Pensions Cmte. hearing on cancer research. The hearing focuses on research funding, prevention, as well as caring for the uninsured & minority groups.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 33 min.
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Roll Call's Paul Singer talks about efforts to impose a moratorium on all earmarks in spending bills, as well as efforts to change or modify the earmarks process. He is joined by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).
Washington, DC
: 52 min.
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Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) 1st District, Appropriations Committee Member discusses the Iraq supplemental bill. The bill includes 162 billion dollars in war funding as well as several items for domestic spending, including additional unemployment benefits.
Washington, DC
: 24 min.
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Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) 7th District, Armed Services Committee Member discusses a possible vote on the Iraq supplemental. The bill includes 162 billion dollars in war funding as well as several items for domestic spending, including additional unemployment benefits.
Washington, DC
: 21 min.
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