IN THE HOUSE
- The House convenes at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. First votes are expected between 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Last votes are expected between 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
- One Minute Speeches (15 per side)
- Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
S.Con.Res. 28 – A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II (Sponsored by Sen. Daniel Inouye / House Administration Committee)
S. 846 – To designate the United States courthouse located at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, as the Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse (Sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
H.R. 2943 – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Extension (Sponsored by Rep. Geoff Davis / Ways and Means Committee)
H.R. 2883 – Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Sponsored by Rep. Geoff Davis / Ways and Means Committee)
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 2698 – Small Business Program Extension and Reform Act of 2011) (Closed Rule, One Hour of Debate)
- Special Order Speeches
- Solyndra execs to plead 5th at House hearing - Two top executives at a bankrupt California solar energy company say they will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions when they appear at a House hearing on Friday. (Sacramento Bee)
IN THE SENATE
- The Senate convenes at 9:30am.
- Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the Majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half.
- Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.2832, the Generalized System of Preferences Act and the vehicle for Trade Adjustment Assistance with the time until 12:30pm equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. At approximately 12:30pm, there will be 2 roll call votes on this legislation.
- Senator Wyden: Repeal foreign profit tax break - The U.S. tax code may be headed for some major renovation, and Senator Ron Wyden, a rangy Oregon Democrat, has come up with one of Congress’ most complete blueprints. (Reuters)
OTHER NEWS
- Obama making final push to blunt Palestinian bid - Scrambling to head off a diplomatic clash, President Barack Obama will publicly push for the Palestinians to drop a statehood bid when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday. (AP)
- House disaster vote sets up showdown with Senate - The GOP-controlled House is on track to pass $3.7 billion in disaster relief as part of a must-pass bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. (Boston Globe)
- Saturday mail delivery might be axed, Obama says; Americans yawn - On Monday, President Obama released a plan suggesting that the U.S. Postal Service stop delivering mail on Saturday, apparently upsetting just about no one — not politicians, not customers and not the folks in the Twittersphere, many of whom seem to be upset about many things at any given time. (Los Angeles Times)
- Is Michele Bachmann’s campaign cratering? - A new poll shows Michele Bachmann falling back in the Republican field – and that her problems extend beyond front-runner Rick Perry siphoning off her supporters. (Christian Science Monitor)
FEDERAL GRANT OF THE DAY
- AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC), National Evaluation Center (NEC)- Evaluating the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) program should involve methodical assessment of whether funded programs have produced the intended HIV practice and clinical outcomes. Evaluation activities must provide feedback and motivation for continued improvement for clinical participants, faculty, and curriculum designers. Evaluation activities assess outcomes along the progressive sequence of health care professional training and education needs to patient clinical outcomes, with an emphasis on the impact of training on the skills and clinical practices of health care providers. Being able to measure learning progress satisfactorily and evaluate performance objectively are extremely important elements in the process of improving the quality of HIV training, education and clinical consultation. The rapid and dynamic advances in technology such as the upsurge of social media platforms have considerably altered the way in which health care providers are being trained and educated as well as how they deliver clinical consultation services.
The purpose of the AETC National Evaluation Center (AETC NEC) is to develop methodology and tools that measure the impact and outcomes of training, education and clinical consultation services, as well as, distance learning education aimed to improve the care of people living with HIV/AIDS. The AETC NEC evaluation activities must be learner-centered and contribute to the continuous quality improvement of the entire AETC program to include training, education, and clinical consultation activities as well as distance learning education. The AETC NEC through the development of innovative methodologies has a role in documenting the impact of AETC training, education and clinical consultation in providers’ clinical practice. The AETC NEC is also charged with promptly disseminating evaluation results of completed activities, and providing technical assistance to all regional, national and telehealth centers in the design and implementation of AETC national, regional and local outcome-based evaluation activities. For more information, see HRSA.
TODAY IN HISTORY
- September 21, 1780- On this day during the American Revolution, in perhaps the most infamous act of treason in American history, General Benedict Arnold attempted to turn the fort at West Point over to the British Army for a bribe consisting of a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army and a cash reward of £20,000 (about $1.3M in 2009 dollars).
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