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Time (EST) Session
12:00 am Hearing: Adding to Uncertainty: Small Businesses’ Perspectives on the Tax Cliff Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
9:30 am Markup: Markup of: “H.J. Res 118, providing for congressional disapproval of the Administration’s July 12, 2012 waiver of welfare work requirements.” Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: F-22 pilot physiological issues Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
10:00 am Hearing: Joint Hearing with the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform entitled “The JOBS Act: Importance of Prompt Implementation for Entrepreneurs, Capital Formation, and Job Creation” Committee on Financial Services: Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
10:00 am Hearing: Joint Hearing: The JOBS ACT: Importance of Prompt Implementation for Entrepreneurs, Capital Formation, and Job Creation Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on the Outlook for Achieving North American Energy Independence Within the Decade Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power
10:00 am Hearing: Open: Investigation of the Security Threat Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: SIGAR Report: Document Destruction and Millions of Dollars Unaccounted for at the Department of Defense Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: Evaluating the Effectiveness of DOT's Truck and Bus Safety Program Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
10:00 am Hearing: Oversight Hearing on "Committee Oversight of Department of the Interior: Questioning of Key Department of the Interior Officials" Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee
10:15 am Hearing: Creating Opportunities through Improved Government Spectrum Efficiency Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
11:30 am Hearing: Federal Voting Assistance Program Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel
2:00 pm Hearing: Joint Subcommittee Hearing: BioWatch Present and Future Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications
2:00 pm Hearing: Y-12 Intrusion: Investigation, Response, and Accountability Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
2:00 pm Hearing: The State Department's View of the Haqqani Network: Foreign Terrorist Organization or Not? Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
2:00 pm Hearing: Hearing entitled “Examining the Uses of Consumer Credit Data” Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
3:00 pm Hearing: Conditions at Camp Liberty: U.S. and Iraqi Failures Committee on Foreign Affairs: Select...
3:00 pm Hearing: Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping Operations in Africa Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

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Roll Date Bill Result Title/Description
314 06-01 H R 5325 Failed On Agreeing to the Amendment (Hahn of California Amendment)
313 06-01 H R 5325 Failed On Agreeing to the Amendment (Hahn of California Amendment)
312 06-01 H R 5325 Failed On Agreeing to the Amendment (Hahn of California Amendment)
311 06-01 H R 5325 Failed On Agreeing to the Amendment (Hahn of California Amendment)
310 06-01 H R 5325 Failed On Agreeing to the Amendment (Hahn of California Amendment)

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