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House Voting Schedule
Roll Calls
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Congressional Calendar for Thursday, May 22, 2008
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House Min. Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) conducts a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 110th Congress.
Washington, DC
: 14 min.
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House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) conducts a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 110th Congress.
Washington, DC
: 23 min.
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Gen. David Petraeus, the Commander of Multi-National Forces in Iraq, appears at a Senate Armed Services hearing on his nomination as new Chief of U.S. Central Command (Centcom). Also appearing is his deputy Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, nominated as Gen. Petraeus' replacement.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 34 min.
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| Petraeus: Troops Blunt Iran Threat |
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) discusses a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee's Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust laws. They will hear testimony today from some of the oil industry's top executives.
Washington, DC
: 26 min.
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Budget Committee, Ranking Member talks about his plan to stop the economic downturn and make Medicare and Social Security permanently solvent.
Washington, DC
: 29 min.
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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Ways & Means Committee, Chairman goes over tax policy and the economy. On Wednesday, May 21, the House debated a $55.5 billion tax and energy bill (HR 6049) introduced by Rep. Rangel. It passed 263-150. The bill includes extensions to expire and expiring tax credits that would help low-income families and homeowners.
Washington, DC
: 33 min.
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) chairs a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the impact of the mortgage crisis on neighborhoods. This first day of hearings concerns the cost to neighborhoods caused by abandoned houses, strategies to mitigate the effects of and prevent vacancies, and estimates of the size of the national problem.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 21 min.
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Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow delivers the opening statement of her testimony before a House Health subcommittee on breast cancer research legislation.
Washington, DC
: 5 min.
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| Sheryl Crow Opening Statement |
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The oil industry blames the rising price of consumer gasoline on increases in the cost of crude oil. Executives from BP America, Shell Oil Co., Chevron Corp., ConocPhilips Co., and Exxon Mobil Corp. testify today at a Senate Judiciary Cmte. hearing on unrefined petroleum production.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 59 min.
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| Gasoline Blues Weigh on Dealers, Too |
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Energy & Commerce Committee Member goes over the energy legislation House Republicans unvieled today that they say will bring down the cost of gasoline.
Washington, DC
: 27 min.
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