Wednesday, July 12, 2006
DAYAHEAD/Events making news today
From The Morning Grind

  • President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were scheduled to leave for Germany this morning and are expected to arrive in Rostock-Laage Airport in Rostock, Germany tonight.

  • The House gavels into session at 10 a.m. ET and will turn its attention to the Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Act. The Senate turned on the lights at 9:30 a.m. ET and continues debate on the Homeland Security Appropriations bill.

  • The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to begin a hearing on "Examining the Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Part II" at 9:30 a.m. ET in room 226 of the Dirksen Office Building. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez leads the list of witnesses testifying on the matter.

  • Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), a prospective presidential candidate, was scheduled to attend an 8 a.m. ET fundraiser for Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann (R) in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. At 5 p.m. ET, Giuliani will attend a fundraiser for Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R).

  • Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) begins day two of his visit to Iowa as he explores a presidential bid. At 9:45 a.m. ET, Warner tours the Bucktown Arts Center in Davenport and then meets with Davenport teachers at 10:15 a.m. ET. He attends a 1 p.m. ET fundraising lunch for state Sen. Roger Stewart (D) at Happy's Place Restaurant in Dubuque and then appears at the opening of Democratic Congressional candidate Bruce Braley's office at 5:30 p.m. ET.

  • House Republican leaders and Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Portman hold a 10 a.m. ET press availability at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street, SE.

  • House Democrats hold a press availability outside room 345 of the Cannon Office Building to discuss the economy.

  • House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and GOP chairmen hold an 11 a.m. ET news conference in the House Radio and Television Gallery to announce a new round of border security/immigration hearings.

  • Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), John McCain (R-Arizona) and Reps. John Lewis (D-Georgia) and Howard Berman (D-California) attend the Interfaith Comprehensive Immigration Reform Conference at 11:30 a.m. ET. The conference is being held at Jones Day, 51 Louisiana, Avenue, NW.

  • AFL-CIO leaders and union members hold a noon ET rally at the National Labor Relations Board, 1099, 14th Street, NW. The group will "demand that (the board) protect their rights" and pledges to engage in "civil disobedience."

  • A civil lawsuit against disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff will be announced at noon ET in Austin, Texas.

  • Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) delivers a 12:30 p.m. ET keynote address to the Campus Progress National Student Conference taking place at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) delivers the closing speech at 5:40 p.m. ET.

  • House and Senate Democrats hold a 12:30 p.m. ET news conference to "discuss Republican economic failures and rising gas prices" at the Congressional Exxon, 200 Massachusetts Ave, NE.

  • Senate Democrats hold a 1:45 p.m. ET news conference on the minimum wage in the Senate Radio and Television Gallery.

  • Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) and others join Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist at his organization's "Annual Cost of Government Day Press Conference." The news conference will be held at 2:30 in room 441 of the Cannon House Office Building.

  • The House Rules Committee meets at 3 p.m. ET in room H-313 to report a rule on the Fannie Lou Hammer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Act of 2006. The House is expected to take it up on Thursday.
  • Posted By Mark Preston, CNN Political Unit: 7/12/2006 11:14:00 AM ET | Permalink
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