CQ Today Midday Update
Midday Update for FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 2008 – 2:05 P.M. In This Issue
--------------------------------- Today in WashingtonThe House is not in session; reconvenes at noon Monday. The Senate is not in session; reconvenes at 3 p.m. Monday. The President urges Congress to act swiftly on a financial rescue plan; meets with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah; poses for photos with recipients of the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award and later with the Boston Celtics. In Washington, the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program sponsors a discussion on foreign policy challenges facing the United States, featuring national security advisers. 5:30 p.m., 1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. --------------------------------- Top StoriesPaulson Wants Congress to Clear Market Rescue Plan Next WeekDriven by an unrelenting financial crisis, top lawmakers and the Bush administration will work through the weekend to hammer out a plan to help Wall Street unload souring securities that have crippled some of the world’s largest banks. [Read More]Senate GOP Concerns Slow Progress of Mental Health Bill in HouseHouse leaders have altered plans to move a stand-alone mental health parity bill early next week because some Senate Republicans dislike the measure’s proposed budgetary offsets. [Read More]Senators Ask Reid To Bring Up House-Passed DC-Gun BillTexas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and 46 other senators have asked for Senate floor time for House-passed legislation to roll back District of Columbia gun laws. [Read More]Political Trivia for Sept. 19What did President Jimmy Carter call “the moral equivalent of war?” [Read More] --------------------------------- "Congressional Oversight and Investigation"This course teaches both agency and private sector employees how congressional investigations are conducted. We’ll discuss what powers and tools Congress has at its disposal and how you can strategize and prepare a response. You’ll learn about key hearing dynamics and best practice ways to prepare witnesses. WHERE: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street N.W., Washington, D.C. WHEN: October 3, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Registration Fee: $395 Full program description and secure online registration, or call our registrar at 202-678-1600. This training conference is sponsored by TheCapitol.Net, exclusive provider of Congressional Quarterly Executive Conferences. --------------------------------- Political ClippingsPolitickerOR reports that the campaign of Sen. Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore., has given back all the money it received over the past six years -- $20,000 -- from indicted Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, who faces trial next week on seven counts of filing false financial disclosures. Smith campaign manager Brooks Kochvar said the Stevens donations from 2005 and 2006 went to Smith’s former committee, Smith for Senate. Smith faces Democratic state House Speaker Jeff Merkley in an increasingly rancorous race.The Dallas Morning News reports that the U.S. Senate race in Texas between Democrat Rick Noriega and GOP Sen. John Cornyn “is suddenly about storm victims.” Noriega is on duty as a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard. He flew to southeast Texas, where his unit planned to touch down at several of the hardest-hit areas to ask fellow soldiers whether they had the right equipment or needed to go home for family reasons, the newspaper reports. He also has deployed members of his campaign to do volunteer work. Meanwhile, Cornyn pleaded for aid to storm victims on Capitol Hill. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-senate_19pol.ART.State.Edition1.273500f.html --------------------------------- Today on Governing.com State and local government news from CQ’s sister publication DETROIT: Incoming Mayor Taps Prosecutor as Deputy NEW YORK CITY: Deal Ends 25-Year Fight over Homeless Families CHATSWORTH, Calif.: Investigators: Engineer Was Texting on Day of Crash BOSTON: Former Mayor, Battling Cancer, Collapses During Speech CALIFORNIA: Report: Emissions Cuts Will Boost State Economy THE NATION: Hurricane Death Toll Tops 50 --------------------------------- Other CQ ProductsSign up for free trialsCQ Floor Video CQ.com CQ Weekly CQ Today CQ Today Action Alerts CQ BillTrack CQ Budget Tracker CQ Committee Amendments CQ HealthBeat CQ Homeland Security CQ House Action Reports CQ LawTrack CQ Politics CQ Press CQ Top Docs See all CQ products |