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December 2007

12-13-07 Open Executive Session to consider the nominations of Christopher A. Padilla, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Christina H. Pearson, to be Assistant Secretary Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Benjamin Eric Sasse, to be Assistant Secretary Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Charles E.F. Millard, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

12-13-07 The Housing Decline: The Extent of the Problem and Potential Remedies

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12-11-07 Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007

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November 2007

11-14-07 Federal Estate Tax: Uncertainty in Planning Under the Current Law

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11-6-07 Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: GPO and WEP: Policies Affecting Pensions from Work Not Covered by Social Security

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11-1-07 Meeting to Consider Pending Nominations

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October 2007

10-25-07 Small Business Health Insurance: Building a Gateway to Coverage

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10-18-07 Growing Trade, Growing Vigilance:  Import Health and Safety Today and Tomorrow

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10-04-07 Open Executive Session to consider favorably reporting an original bill entitled, “The Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007” and legislation implementing the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

September 2007

9-27-07 Border Insecurity, Take Three: Open and Unmonitored

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9-26-07 Offshore Tax Issues: Reinsurance and Hedge Funds

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9-25-07 Home and Community Based Care: Expanding Options for Long Term Care

9-21-07 Open Executive Session to to review and make recommendations on proposed legislation implementing the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, as well as the associated proposed Statement of Administrative Action; to consider an original bill entitled “American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act”; and to consider an original bill entitled “The Habitat and Land Conservation Act of 2007.”

9-20-07 Frozen Out: A Review of Bank Treatment of Social Security Benefits

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9-18-07 Breaking the Methamphetamine Supply Chain: Meeting Challenges at the Border

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9-12-07 Open Executive Session to consider“The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007”; H.J. Res 43, “Increasing the Statutory Limit on the Public Debt”; and revising subcommittee assignments for the 110th Congress

9-11-07 U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

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9-6-07 Carried Interest Part III:  Pension Issues

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August 2007

8-27-07 Airfields and Alternative Fuels: Exploring Rural America’s Transportation Infrastructure

July 2007

7-31-07 Carried Interest Part II

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7-26-07 Open Executive Session to consider the "Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007"

7-25-07 To consider the nominations of The Honorable David H. McCormick to be Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Mr. Peter B. McCarthy to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC; Kerry N. Weems to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC; Dr. Tevi David Troy to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC; and Mr. Charles E. F. Millard to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, DC.

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7-24-07 Oversight of Government Tax Policy in Farm Country

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7-23-07 Open Executive Session to Consider the "S. J. Res. 16, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003."

7-19-07 Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Hearing on: Aviation Financing: Industry Perspectives

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7-19-07 Open Executive Session to Consider the "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007"

7-12-07 Airport Airways Trust Fund: The Future of Aviation Financing

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7-11-07 Carried Interest Part I

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June 2007

 

 

May 2007

5-24-07 Energy Efficiency: Can Tax Incentives Reduce Consumption?

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5-23-07 Funding Social Security's Administrative Costs: Will the Budget Meet the Mission?

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5-16-07 U.S. Preference Programs: How well do they work?

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5-10-07 Can the Middle Class Make Ends Meet? Economic Issues for America’s Working Families

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5-8-07 The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Review and Oversight

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5-3-07 Offshore Tax Evasion: Stashing Cash Overseas

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5-2-07 The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Monitoring Early Experiences

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5-1-07 Subcommittee Hearing on Advanced Technology Vehicles: The Road Ahead

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April 2007

4-26-07 Subcommittee Hearing on Coal: A Clean Future

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4-19-07 Grains, Cane, and Automobiles: Tax Incentives for Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

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4-18-07 Examining the Administration's Plan for Reducing the Tax Gap: What are the Goals, Benchmarks and Timetables?

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4-12-07 Open Executive Session to consider a substitute to S. 3, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007

4-12-07 Subcommittee Hearing on International Perspectives on Alternative Energy Policy: Incentives and Mandates and their Impacts

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4-12-07 Filing Your Taxes: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

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4-11-07 An Examination of the Medicare Advantage Program

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4-4-07 The Children’s Health Insurance Program in Action: A State’s Perspective on CHIP

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March 2007

3-29-07 Clean Energy: From the Margins to the Mainstream

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3-28-07 Risks and Reform: The Role of Currency in the U.S.-China Relationship

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3-27-07 Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S.-China Economic Relationship

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3-22-07 Keeping America’s Promise: Health Care and Child Welfare Services for Native Americans

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3-20-07 Realizing a Competitive Education: Identifying Needs, Partnerships and Resources

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3-14-07 Charting a Course for Health Care Reform: Moving Toward Universal Coverage

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3-8-07 Perspectives on the 2007 Trade Agenda

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3-1-07 Medicare Payment for Physician Services: Examining New Approaches

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February 2007

2-27-07 America’s Energy Future: Bold Ideas, Practical Solutions

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2-15-07 The Administration's 2007 Trade Agenda

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2-7-07 The President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Proposal

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2-6-07 The President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Proposal

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2-1-07 The Future of CHIP: Improving the Health of America’s Children

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January 2007

1-31-07 Executive Session to organize for the 110th Congress. The Committee will also consider favorably reporting the following nominations: Michael J. Astrue, to be Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security Administration; Dean A. Pinkert, to be Member of the United States International Trade Commission; and Irving A. Williamson, to be Member of the United States International Trade Commission

1-24-07 Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Michael J. Astrue, to be Commissioner of Social Security

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1-17-07 To Consider "The Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007"

1-11-07 Prescription Drug Pricing and Negotiation: An Overview and Economic Perspectives for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

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1-10-07 Tax Incentives for Businesses in Response to a Minimum Wage Increase

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