This Week in Congress - May 18, 2009

May 18, 2009





Date Body Committee
Location
Topic
Title
5/19/09 House Financial Services
2128 Rayburn
10:00 a.m.
Capital Loss
Capital Loss, Corruption and the Role of Western Financial Institutions
House Committee on Financial Services Web Site
5/19/09 House Financial Services
2128 Rayburn
2:00 p.m.
Credit Rating Agency Regulation
Approaches to Improving Credit Rating Agency Regulation
House Committee on Financial Services Web Site
5/20/09 House Financial Services
2128 Rayburn
2:00 p.m.
H.R. 235, Federal Credit Union Act
A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to increase the borrowing authority of the National Credit Union Administration, establish a National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund restoration plan period, assess insured credit unions for the costs associated with the corporate credit union stabilization effort on an anti-cyclical basis, and for other purposes.
House Committee on Financial Services Web Site
5/21/09 House Financial Services
2128 Rayburn
2:00 p.m.
Municipal Bond Enhancement Act
Legislative Proposals to Improve the Efficiency and Oversight of Municipal Finance
House Committee on Financial Services Web Site
5/21/09 House Financial Services
2128 Rayburn
2:00 p.m.
Section 8 Voucher Reform
Hearing to examine the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act
House Committee on Financial Services Web Site
5/19/09 Senate Judiciary
226 Dirksen
2:30p.m.
S.148, Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act
Hearing to examine the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act (S. 148), focusing on a ban on vertical price fixing.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Web Site
5/20/09 Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
538 Dirksen,
9:30 a.m.
TARP
Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Web Site
5/21/2009 Senate Judiciary
226 Dirksen
10:00 a.m.
Mark Up- S.417 S.257, S.448 and H.R.985
Business meeting to consider S.417, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S.257, to amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain claims resulting from high cost credit debts, S.448 and H.R. 985, bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Web Site


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