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*UPDATE AS OF 6/23: PRESS 2019 CREDENTIALS ARE VALID THROUGH JULY 31, 2020*
The Senate ID Office hours are 8am-12pm, Monday-Friday. You will need a Press 19 or Press 20 credential to enter the Capitol and all office buildings; if you do not have a Press 19 or Press 20, you will need to be escorted by a colleague who does. If you wish to pay for your press credential with a credit card, please notify Ellen Eckert at: ellen_eckert@saa.senate.gov; provide your name, organization, phone number and a time of day you're available and she will call you.
SENATE SCHEDULE
July 20, 2020
The Senate stands adjourned to convene for pro forma sessions with no business conducted on the following dates and times:
Monday, July 6th at 11:15am;
Thursday, July 9th at 10:00am;
Monday, July 13th at 5:30pm; and
Thursday, July 16th at 10:30am.
When the Senate adjourns on Thursday, it will next convene at 3:00pm on Monday, July 20, 2020.
On Monday, following Leader remarks, the Senate will enter Executive Session and resume consideration of Executive Calendar #718, Russell Vought, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, post-cloture.
NEWS EVENTS
July 2, 2020
12:30 PM Senate GOP Luncheon
SH-216 (alcove)
NBC pool fed to CAP DA 11 (set-up not prior to 11:30am)
ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (EBBS)
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
July 2, 2020
10:00 AM Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Hearing to examine Operation Warp Speed, focusing on researching, manufacturing, and distributing a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine.
SD-106
Coverage: SRS (channel 10)
Pool coverage: C-SPAN
Dias Camera – CAP DA 5
Witness Camera – CAP DA 2
Side Camera – CAP DA 3
Remote Participant Feed – CAP DA 4
10:00 AM Judiciary
Business meeting to consider pending legislation and nominations.
SR-325
Coverage: SRS (channel 12)
11:00 AM Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Hearing to examine human rights at home, focusing on implications for United States leadership.
WEBEX
Coverage: SRS (channel 11)
11:30 AM Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SVC-217
Coverage: N/A