Coming Up This Week in Congress: Iraq, Energy, and Labor
The House and Senate are in session this week, with both chambers expected to debate and consider several important bills and resolutions. Highlights include:
- The Senate is expected to consider a variety of Iraq-related amendments to the 2008 Defense funding bill, including:
- An amendment, sponsored by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), which would mandate that U.S. troops begin leaving Iraq within 120 days and have only a "limited presence" in the country by Apr. 1, 2008.
- An amendment, sponsored by Sens. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and John Warner (R-Va.), which would direct the Bush administration to file a report to Congress detailing an exit strategy from Iraq by Oct. 16, 2007.
After the jump is a full listing of this week's House and Senate hearings, courtesy of GovTrack and Thomas: