Major Senate Floor Action -
- The Senate will continue proceedings on the tourism bill, which we commented on earlier this week. The bill proposes that a “nonprofit corporation” be established to promote tourism in the United States. There is a $10 tax that would be placed on every visitor.
- The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the *FY10 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, sending it to the Senate floor this week. No vote has been scheduled yet.
Major Senate Committee Action -
- The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will continue its mark-up marathon of the trillion dollar health care reform bill. The mark-up is expected to last all this week.
- The Senate Armed Services Committee will continue its work on the defense authorization bill.
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