Thursday, July 13, 2006
DAYAHEAD/Events making news today
  • President Bush is in Germany. He held a news conference this morning with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and attends a dinner tonight.

  • The Senate gaveled into session at 9 a.m. ET and began consideration of the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The House comes into session at 10 a.m. ET. It is expected to begin considering the Fannie Lou Hammer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006.

  • The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was scheduled to receive an update on Iraq from U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad at 9:30 a.m. ET. The hearing is taking place in room 419 of the Dirksen Building.

  • The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a 10 a.m. ET hearing to "examine the future of military commissions in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld" in room 216 of the Hart Building.

  • House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) holds a 10:30 a.m. ET news conference in the House Radio and Television Gallery.

  • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) holds a 10:45 a.m. ET press conference in room H-206 of the Capitol.

  • Senate Democrats hold a 10:45 a.m. ET news conference to discuss cyber security in room S-211 of the Capitol.

  • Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (New York) hold a 12:15 p.m. ET pen-and-pad with reporters in room S-324 of the Capitol.

  • The Pew Hispanic Research Center holds a 12:30 p.m. ET telephone news conference to discuss the release of its new survey of Latino views on a wide variety of subjects.

  • Republican leaders hold a 1:30 p.m. ET news conference to criticize a new Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee video. The news conference will occur in the lobby of the Republican National Committee building, 320 First Street, S.E.

  • The Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights holds a 2:30 p.m. ET hearing on "Renewing temporary provisions of the Voting rights Act: Legislative Options after LULAC v. Perry" in room 226 of the Dirksen building.

  • Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman attends a 6:30 p.m. ET fundraiser for America's Foundation PAC that is expected to raise $75,000. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania) serves as the honorary chairman of the political action committee.
  • Posted By Mark Preston, CNN Political Unit: 7/13/2006 10:45:00 AM ET | Permalink
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