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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Senate met at 12:29:51 p.m. in pro forma session, 

and recessed at 12:30:18 p.m. until 10 a.m., on 

Thursday, October 16, 2008. 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet.) 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the role of financial derivatives in the current financial crisis, 

after receiving testimony from Ananda Radhakrishnan, Director, Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission; Eric R. Dinallo, New York State Insurance Department, Richard R. Lindsey, Callcott 

Group, LLC, on behalf of the International Association of Financial Engineers, and Robert G. Pickel, 

International Swaps and Derivatives Association, 

Inc., all of New York, New York; William K. 

Black, University of Missouri—Kansas City; Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group, Chicago, Illinois; and 

Johnathan Short, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 

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(ICE), Atlanta, Georgia. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 

3, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 

440. 

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, 

OCTOBER 16, 2008 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

No meetings/hearings scheduled. 

House 

Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the role of 

credit derivatives in the U.S. economy, 11 a.m., 1300 

Longworth. 


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D1246 October 14, 2008 

Next Meeting of the SENATE 

10 a.m., Thursday, October 16 

Senate Chamber 

Program for Thursday: Senate will meet in a pro forma 

session. 

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

11 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009 

House Chamber 

Program for Saturday: To be announced. 


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