On January 25, 2011, the House agreed to H. Res. 38, to reduce non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 levels or less. The House also agreed to H. Res. 43, the rule providing for consideration of H. Res. 38.
Peter King (R), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued a statement in response to the announcement by DHS of plans to replace the current color-coded alert system. In his statement, King expressed support for replacement of the current color-coded system with a more targeted system.
On January 26, 2011, the President sent the following nominations to the Senate:
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled for January 25-29, 2011:
On January 25, 2011, Senators Portman1 (R) and Lieberman (I) introduced S. 98, the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011.
On January 25, 2011, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the pending free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama.
On January 20, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
On January 20, 2011, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on the REINS Act--Promoting Jobs and Expanding Freedom by Reducing Needless Regulations.
On January 24, 2011, the House agreed to the rule (H. Res. 43) that is providing for consideration of H. Res. 38, to reduce non-security spending to fiscal year 2008 levels or less.
On January 24, 2011, Senator Baucus (D), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced that he will travel to Colombia and Brazil the week of February 20, 2011 to meet with senior government officials in both countries to discuss key economic and trade issues, including the pending U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. In his press release, Baucus stated that action on the U.S.-Colombia FTA has been delayed for too long and that now is the time to resolve outstanding issues and approve the FTA. Press release available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.