Thursday, June 29, 2006
DAYAHEAD/Events making news today
  • President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the White House this morning. Bush has a 9:50 a.m. ET meeting with Koizumi in the Oval Office. At 11:30 a.m. ET, Bush and Koizumi hold a news conference. President and Mrs. Bush then participate in a 7:20 p.m. ET photo opportunity with Koizumi before an 8:05 p.m. ET "Official Dinner" in the State Dining Room. Entertainment follows at 9:50 p.m. ET. Press Secretary Tony Snow holds a 12:50 p.m. ET on-camera briefing.

  • The Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. ET and will consider the Oman Free Trade Agreement. The House gavels into session at 10 a.m. ET and the focus will be on a resolution condemning the recent disclosure that the Treasury Department was collecting banking records to track terrorist funding.

  • Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman was scheduled to visit the Saginaw Victory Center in Saginaw, Michigan at 9:15 a.m. ET to attend a small donor fundraiser. He then heads to Bay City, Michigan and then Midland, Michigan to attend similar fundraisers.

  • House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) holds an on-camera 10:30 a.m. ET press conference in the House Radio & Television Gallery.

  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) holds a 10:45 a.m. ET on-camera briefing in room H-206 of the Capitol. At 1:15 p.m. ET, Pelosi and fellow Democrats hold a news conference to criticize the GOP's stewardship of Congress in room H-204 of the Capitol.

  • Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), a potential presidential candidate, addresses the Georgia Public Policy Foundation at 12:15 p.m. ET at the Commerce Club in Atlanta, Georgia. At 2 p.m. ET, Romney meets with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) in the Governor's Mansion to discuss RGA business.

  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (New York) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Illinois) hold a 12:30 p.m. ET news conference on immigration and how it will affect the midterm elections at the Democratic National Committee, 430 South Capitol Street, SE.

  • Senate Democrats hold a 2 p.m. ET news conference on the "minimum wage and Congressional pay" in room S-207 of the Capitol.

  • Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), a potential presidential candidate, attends the South Carolina State GOP Victory 2006 event in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) addresses the Log Cabin Republicans Dinner at 10:30 p.m. ET in Hollywood, California.
  • Posted By Mark Preston, CNN Political Unit: 6/29/2006 10:12:00 AM ET | Permalink
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