Legislative Updates
March 1, 2010
On the hill this week, the House will work to pass the jobs bill that was successfully passed by the Senate last week. The Senate will reconsider the unemployment insurance/COBRA that was held up by Sen Bunning (R-KY) last week.
Hearings in the House include:a hearing regarding the NTSB Reauthorization and Combating Health Care Fraud.
Senate hearings include one on Transportation Projects and one on the Fiscal 2011 Transportation Budget.
Bills expecting floor action: in the House - H.R. 4247 the Keeping All Students Safe Act and in the Senate - H.R.4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009 as it contains funding for unemployment insurance, an extension of COBRA, and covers the Highway Trust Fund.