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Thursday, October 30, 2008 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Senate met at 9:15:00 a.m. in pro forma session, 

and recessed at 9:15:08 a.m. until 10 a.m., on Monday, November 3, 2008. 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ECONOMIC STIMULUS 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine faltering economic growth and 

the need for economic stimulus, after receiving testimony from J. Steven Landefeld, Director, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce; 

Nouriel Roubini, New York University Stern School 

of Business, New York, New York; Simon Johnson, 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; 

Richard K. Vedder, American Enterprise Institute, 

Athens, Ohio; and Vincent DeMarco, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, Donald C. Fry, Greater Baltimore Committee, and Joseph Haskins, Jr., Harbor 

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Bank of Maryland, all of Baltimore, Maryland. 

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. 

Committees Meetings 

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL 

BUSINESSES IN AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY 

Committee on Small Business: On October 28, the 

Committee held a hearing on Creating Opportunities 

for Small Businesses in an Economic Recovery. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE: THE 

ROAD TO RECOVERY 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: On October 29, the Committee held a hearing on Investing 

in Infrastructure: The Road to Recovery. Testimony 

was heard from Jon S. Corzine, Governor, State of 

New Jersey; Judith Enck, Deputy Secretary, Environment, State of New York; William R. Decota, Director, Aviation, Port Authority of New York and 

New Jersey; William L. Crosbie, Chief Operating 

Officer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 

AMTRAK; John Engler, former Governor of Michigan; and public witnesses. 

ECONOMIC RECOVERY, JOB CREATION 

AND INVESTMENT IN AMERICA 

Committee on Ways and Means: On October 29, the 

Committee held a hearing on Economic Recovery, 

Job Creation and Investment in America. Testimony 

was heard from David Paterson, Governor, State of 

New York; Mark Sanford, Governor, State of South 

Carolina; Douglas Palmer, Mayor, Trenton, New Jersey; and public witnesses. 


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D1258 October 30, 2008 

Next Meeting of the SENATE 

10 a.m., Monday, November 3 

Senate Chamber 

Program for Monday: 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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