Coming Up This Week in Congress: Energy, Immigration and Labor

Both the House and Senate are in session this week, with each chamber expected to debate and consider several important bills and resolutions. Highlights include:

  • The Senate will continue to debate a comprehensive energy bill, including provisions which would raise corporate fuel economy standards, require utilities to produce at least 15% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020, and add loan guarantees to enhance private investment in coal-to-liquids plants.
  • The Senate will consider a long list of amendments pertaining to a comprehensive immigration bill, including one which would provide more than $4 billion for border security and employment verification initiatives.
  • The Senate will vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill previously approved by the House which would make it easier for workers to form unions.
  • The House will likely take up several appropriations measures this week, most likely aiming to pass the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations spending bills.

After the jump is a full listing of this week's House and Senate hearings, courtesy of GovTrack and Thomas.

June 19, 2007

House

Senate

June 20, 2007

House

Senate

  • Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
    To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Hope VI Program. [SD-538] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 2 p.m.
  • Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation – Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
    To hold an oversight hearing to examine foreign aviation repair stations. [SR-253] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
  • Senate Environment and Public Works – Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health
    To hold hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's response to 9-11, focusing on lessons learned for future emergency preparedness. [SD-406] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  • Senate Foreign Relations
    To hold hearings to examine the nominations of William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Patrick Dennis Duddy, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. [SD-419] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  • Senate Foreign Relations
    To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anne Woods Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Nepal, Joseph Adam Ereli, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Richard Boyce Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Stephen A. Seche, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen. [SD-419] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 3 p.m.
  • Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
    Business meeting to consider original bills entitled, “The Higher Education Access Reconciliation Act”, and “The Higher Education Amendments of 2007”, and other pending calendar business. [SD-628] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Senate Judiciary
    To hold hearings to examine rising crime in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. [SD-226] -- Jun 20, 2007 at 10 a.m.

June 21, 2007

House

Senate

  • Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
    To hold hearings to examine working towards ending homelessness, focusing on the reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public-Law 100-77). [SD-538] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  • Senate Budget
    To hold hearings to examine health care and the budget, focusing on issues and challenges for reform. [SD-608] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  • Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation – Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation
    To hold hearings to examine energy efficiency technologies and programs. [SR-253] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
  • Senate Finance
    To hold hearings to examine barriers to work to be overcome for individuals receiving Social Security Disability Benefits. [SD-215] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  • Senate Foreign Relations
    To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John L. Withers II, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Charles Lewis English, of New York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameron Munter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Roderick W. Moore, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro, and J. Christian Kennedy, of Indiana, to be Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues. [SD-419] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 2 p.m.
  • Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration
    To hold hearings to examine the state of public-private collaboration in preparing for and responding to national catastrophes. [SD-342] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 2 p.m.
  • Senate Indian Affairs
    To continue oversight hearings to examine law enforcement in Indian Country. [SR-485] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Senate Intelligence (Select)
    To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. [SH-219] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
  • Senate Judiciary
    Business meeting to consider S.1145, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, S.Res.230, designating the month of July 2007, as “National Teen Safe Driver Month”, S.Res.231, recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future, and the nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and possible authorization of subpoenas in connection with the investigation of the legal basis for the warrantless wiretap program. [SD-226] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 10 a.m.
    S. 1145: A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform
    S. Res. 230: A resolution designating the month of July 2007, as "National Teen Safe Driver Month"
    S. Res. 231: A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
  • Senate Judiciary
    To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. [SD-226] -- Jun 21, 2007 at 2 p.m.

June 22, 2007

House