This Week in Congress - July 12, 2010

July 12, 2010









Date Body Committee
Location
Topic
Title
7/13/2010 House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
9:00 .am.
Canfield High School Auditorium
After the Financial Crisis: Ongoing Challenges Facing Delphi Retirees
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a field hearing on: “After the Financial Crisis: Ongoing Challenges Facing Delphi Retirees.
House Financial Services Web Site
7/15/2010 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
11:00 a.m.
2141 Rayburn
Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act
H.R. 901, to amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems.
House Judiciary Committee Web Site
7/14/2010 Senate Financial
10:00 a.m.
215 Dirksen
The Future of Individual Tax Rates: Effects on Economic Growth and Distribution
Senate Committee on Finance
7/15/2010 Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
10:00 a.m.
538 Dirksen

Nominations Hearing
Hearings to examine the nominations of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Peter A. Diamond, of Massachusetts, Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, all to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Osvaldo Luis Gratac's Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, and Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee

7/15/2010 Senate Financial
10:00 a.m.
215 Dirksen
Choosing to Work During Retirement and the Impact on Social Security
Senate Committee on Finance


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