CONGRESS – the Republican led House : Congress will do only about 8days of work prior to Election2012 : the Senate led by Dems


  • Convenes: 10:00am
  • Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.
  • The first hour will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half.
  • At 11:00am, the Senate will conduct a moment of silence in observance of the 11th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001.
  • The Senate will recess from 12:30pm until 2:15pm to allow for the weekly caucus meetings.
  • At 2:15pm, the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act. As a reminder, cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to S.3457 on Thursday, August 2nd.

2:15pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012; Invoked: 96-1

WRAP UP

ROLL CALL VOTE

1)      Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act; Invoked: 95-1

LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Adopted S.Res.548, designating the week beginning September 9, 2012, as “National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week”.

Adopted S.Res.549, designating September 2012 as “Campus Fire Safety Month”.

Adopted S.Res.550, designating September 13, 2012, as “National Celiac Disease Awareness Day”.

Completed the Rule 14 process of H.R.8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012. (Republican request)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3522, the Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012. (Menendez and others)

Completed the Rule 14 process of S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012. (Tester)

No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

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The next meeting in the House is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2012.

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House hearings

12:00 am Hearing: Medicare’s Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program: How are Small Suppliers Faring?Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology
9:35 am Hearing: IG Report: The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and FuriousCommittee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: Hearing entitled “TRIA at Ten Years:  The Future of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program”Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
10:00 am Hearing: Eleven Years Later: Preventing Terrorists from Coming to AmericaCommittee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
10:00 am Hearing: A framework for building partner capacity programs and authorities to meet 21st Century challengesCommittee on Armed Services: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program – A Progress ReportCommittee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
10:00 am Hearing: Tenth Anniversary of the Maritime Transportation Security Act: Are We Safer?Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
10:00 am Hearing: A Review of Amtrak Operations Part 2: The High Cost of Amtrak’s Monopoly Mentality in Commuter Rail CompetitionsCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing:  *UPDATE:  NEW TIME* Boustany Announces Hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s Implementation and Administration of the Democrats’ Health Care Law Committee on Ways and Means: Oversight
10:15 am Hearing: H.R. 4255, the Accountability in Grants Act of 2012Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power
11:30 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on “The Chu Memorandum: Directives Could Increase Electricity Costs for over 40 Million Families and Small Businesses”Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee
2:00 pm Hearing: Navy shipbuilding and impacts on the defense industrial base in a time of fiscal uncertaintyCommittee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
2:00 pm Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. ____ and H.R. 4969Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
2:00 pm Hearing: Eleven Years After 9/11 Can TSA Evolve To Meet the Next Terrorist Threat?Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security