Senate

Floor Schedule

Monday, Nov. 17, Noon
The Senate will reconvene at noon on Monday, Nov. 17, and begin a period of morning business. The chamber may take up a yet unnumbered measure that would provide $25 billion in assistance to the domestic auto industry. Roll call votes are unlikely.

Hearings & Markups

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Confirmation Hearing Postal Service Nomination
Date Monday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m.
Place 342 Dirksen Bldg.

-Robert W. McGowan to be a member, Board of Governors, U.S. Postal Service

Finance Committee
Hearing, Troubled Assets Relief Inspector General
Date Monday, Nov. 17, 2 p.m.
Place 215 Dirksen Bldg.

-Nomination of Neil Barofsky to be special inspector general of the Troubled Assets Relief Program

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Confirmation Hearing Troubled Assets Relief Inspector General
Date Wednesday, Nov. 19, 9:30 a.m.
Place 538 Dirksen Bldg.

-Neil Barofsky to be special inspector general of the Troubled Assets Relief Program

Judiciary Committee
Hearing, Bankruptcy Law
Date Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m.
Place 216 Hart Bldg.

- Thomas J. Dart - sheriff, Cook County, Ill.
- Michael D. Calhoun - president, Center for Responsible Lending
- Adam J. Levitin - professor, Georgetown University Law Center
-David G. Kittle - chairman, Mortgage Bankers Association
-Christopher J. Mayer - senior vice dean and professor of real estate, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

House of Representatives

Floor Schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m.
The chamber is expected to reconvene at 1 p.m. No agenda yet specified.

Hearings & Markups

Financial Services Committee
Hearing, Troubled Asset Purchase Program Oversight
Date Tuesday, Nov. 18, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.

-Henry M. Paulson Jr. - secretary of the Treasury 
- Ben S. Bernanke - chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System 
- Sheila C. Bair - chairwoman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-Steve Bartlett - president and CEO, Financial Services Roundtable 
- Edward L. Yingling - president and CEO, American Bankers Association 
- Cynthia Blankenship - vice chairwoman and chief operating officer, Bank of the West, representing Independent Community Bankers of America 
- D. Cameron Findlay - executive vice president and general counsel, Aon Corp., representing Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers
-Alan S. Blinder - professor of economics and co-director, Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University Martin S. Feldstein - professor of economics, Harvard University

Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing, "Midnight Rulemaking: Shedding Some Light."
Date Tuesday, Nov. 18, 11 a.m.
Place 2237 Rayburn Bldg.

Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Hearing Administrative Review Improvement Act
Date Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m.
Place 2237 Rayburn Bldg.

-HR 6858 — Administrative Review Improvement Act of 2008

Financial Services Committee
Hearing, Automotive Industry Assistance
Date Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.

Agriculture Committee
Hearing, Role of Derivatives in the Economy
Date Thursday, Nov. 20, 10 a.m.
Place 1300 Longworth Bldg.