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Floor Agenda - Monday
United States Senate - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/19/2011 ]
Senate schedule to be announced. For current information on the Senate's legislative program please check with contacts listed below.
Location: Senate Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541, Internet: http://www.senate.gov (+WASE002+)

Floor Agenda - Tuesday
United States Senate - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/20/2011 ]
Senate schedule to be announced. For current information on the Senate's legislative program please check with contacts listed below.
Location: Senate Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541, Internet: http://www.senate.gov (+WASE001+)

Floor Agenda - Wednesday
United States Senate - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/21/2011 ]
Senate schedule to be announced. For current information on the Senate's legislative program please check with contacts listed below.
Location: Senate Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541, Internet: http://www.senate.gov (+WASE004+)

Floor Agenda - Thursday
United States Senate - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/22/2011 ]
Senate schedule to be announced. For current information on the Senate's legislative program please check with contacts listed below.
Location: Senate Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541, Internet: http://www.senate.gov (+WASE005+)

Floor Agenda - Monday
United States House of Representatives - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/19/2011 ]
Calendar TBA. For current information on the House legislative program please check with the contacts listed below.
Location: House Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600, Internet: Current floor activity http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html (+WAHO028+)

Floor Agenda - Tuesday
United States House of Representatives - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/20/2011 ]
Calendar TBA. For current information on the House legislative program please check with the contacts listed below.
Location: House Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600, Internet: Current floor activity http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html (+WAHO005+)

Floor Agenda - Wednesday
United States House of Representatives - Meeting [ Daily Schedule, 12/21/2011 ]
Calendar TBA. For current information on the House legislative program please check with the contacts listed below.
Location: House Chamber
Contact: Telephone: Republican Cloakroom, 202-225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202-225-1600, Internet: Current floor activity http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html (+WAHO001+)

OTHER EVENTS:

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (F.R. Page 78007) - Meeting [ 11:00 am, 12/19/2011 ]
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (F.R. Page 78007) holds a meeting.
Agenda includes: Approval of the minutes of the November 30th Board Member Meeting; Thrift Savings Plan Activity Report by the Executive Director; Monthly Participant Activity Report; Monthly Investment Performance Review; Legislative Report; 2012 Board Meeting Calendar
Location: 1250 H Street NW, 4th Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Thomas Trabucco, 202-942-1640 (+WAFE002+)

Social Security Disability Ticket-To-Work
Social Security Administration (SSA) (F.R. Page 76475) - Meeting [ 03:00 pm, 12/19/2011 ]
Social Security Administration (SSA) (F.R. Page 76475) holds a meeting by teleconference to receive the input of beneficiaries, recipients, advocates, employment networks (ENs), other professionals, and the general public on the draft revised Ticket to Work Consumer Employment Network Report Card.
Location: None given
Contact: Bashiru Kamara, 410-965-9128 [Note: Information on how to participate in the teleconference call is available at http://socialsecurity.gov/work] (+WAFE035+)

Veterans Clinical Evaluation Meeting
Veterans Affairs Department (VA) (F.R. Page 73781) - Meeting [ 08:00 am, 12/20/2011 ]
Veterans Affairs Department (VA) (F.R. Page 73781) holds a meeting of the Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative Studies Scientific Evaluation Committee
Location: Hamilton Crowne Plaza, 1001 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Grant Huang, 202-443-5600, grant.huang@va.gov [Note: Open session first 30 minutes, remainder closed.] (+WAFE685+)

Defense Wages
Defense Department (DOD); Office of the Secretary of Defense (F.R. Page 71556) - Meeting [ 10:00 am, 12/20/2011 ]
Closed
Defense Department (DOD); Office of the Secretary of Defense (F.R. Page 71556) holds a closed meeting of the Department of Defense Wage Committee.
Location: 1400 Key Boulevard, Level A, Room A101, Rosslyn, Va.
Contact: 703-697-5131 (+WAFE649+)

NASA Unmanned Aircraft Systems
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (F.R. Page 75565) - Meeting [ 01:00 pm, 12/20/2011 ]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (F.R. Page 75565) holds a meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.
Location: NASA Headquarters, 301 E Street SW, Room 6B42, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Brenda Mulac, 202-358-1578 [Note: RSVP requested to attend in person. Any person interested in participating in the meeting by Webex and telephone should RSVP for the Web link, toll-free number and passcode.] (+WAFE044+)

NASA Planetary Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (F.R. Page 75914) - Meeting [ 11:00 am, 12/21/2011 ]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (F.R. Page 75914) holds a meeting by teleconference of the NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee, Planetary Science Subcommittee.
Agenda Includes: Status of budget and programmatic impacts on the planetary science division; Status of the joint NASA-European Space Agency Mars program; Update on Europa Jupiter system mission descope options; Status of European Space Agency's potential Jupitor icy moon explorer mission; Status of planetary research and analysis program; Status of the planetary science subcommittee "Assessment" report; Assessment group reports
Location: None given
Contact: Marian Norris, 202-358-4452, mnorris@nasa.gov. [Note: Call 888-942- 8138, pass code PSS to participate] (+WAFE083+)

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• Lawmakers decry extended pay freeze to finance payroll tax holiday
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• House passes bill that includes extension of federal pay freeze
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• House vote expected Tuesday on bill containing pay freeze
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• Plan to relocate FBI headquarters advances
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