As the standard bearer for 3 million American businesses, will the Chamber get behind a hike in the gas tax (which flows into the Highway Trust Fund)?
He said his chamber will hold a Tuesday hearing on the small changes made to the bill in the Senate.
The chamber will meet on three days, rather than two, under plans which will now be made with effect from 20 August 2012.
And then Sunday, the House chamber will open at 1:00 local time, with a last debate and vote on the health care bill.
Reid (D-Nev.), who initially resisted including any cuts in a short-term funding extension, predicted that it will pass that chamber as early as Wednesday.
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And Wednesday, the Chamber will hold its own conference where speakers will include House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox.
The chamber is pressurized with pure oxygen, and the pressure inside the chamber will slowly rise to about two and a half times normal atmospheric pressure.
The Chamber will employ all the assets of our policy experts, lobbying team, and grassroots federation to help Congress and the administration meet this critical responsibility.
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Another interesting addition to the festival is the usage of The Great Synagogue, a majestic space where the instrumental Apollo Ensemble will perform Baroque chamber music that was originally composed for Jewish liturgical services.
The two current Senate bills are now being reconciled into a version that the upper chamber will vote on soon, and the outcome of that process must be reconciled with whatever merged bill passes the House.
Hollywood composer John Williams will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award, while The London Chamber Orchestra will perform a montage of his film scores including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Superman and ET.
So that by the time each chamber will be considering the heavy-lifting measures at the end, Democrats will be free-rolling, knowing they have a win in the bank, and Republicans will have to make the tough choices in the end.
Arguments over the economy and the impact of tomorrow's budget on Wales were rehearsed today - because tomorrow, the chamber will be empty - or should I say under half full, or is that over half empty?. Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs (including the Presiding Officer, though not, apparently, including Dafydd Elis Thomas) are staying away.
Democratic leaders believe it will get more than 50 votes -- so they will be able to claim it won a majority in the chamber -- but will fall short of the 60 it would need to win Senate approval.
It will differ from Westminster in two big respects: it will be elected by proportional representation and it will have a single chamber.
Under the reforms MSPs will meet in the chamber on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, with committees convening in the mornings on each of the three days.
Under the most promising Minnesota proposal, the state House and Senate will merge into one chamber in 2002, with 135 members elected in overlapping terms (compared with 201 today).
By leveraging a network of state and local chambers, this effort will expand on the Chamber's existing "Hiring Our Heroes" initiative, which focuses on the employment of wounded, ill, and injured Veterans and easily augment the number of successful programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
That quibble aside - and it is an important quibble - I welcome the report as an excellent exposition of the role, powers and functions of the second chamber and (elections apart) and as the basis for ensuring a transition to a second chamber that will be better than any of the alternatives on offer.
Mr Evans, who is also a deputy speaker of the House of Commons, has agreed that he will not resume his duties in the chamber while police continue to investigate allegations against him but will continue his constituency work.
But the most heat being generated this week will surely come from within the debating chamber of the General Assembly, where once again Mr Bush and Mr Ahmadinejad will try to capture the world's attention with their version of what is the world's most worrisome brewing conflict.
In our view, this will make proceedings in the chamber more accessible to those in the gallery or watching television or online broadcasts.
The committee will decamp to the Senate Chamber in Stormont, to quiz the Assembly Clerk, Trevor Reaney, and the leaders of its smaller parties.
The U.S.-Asean Business Council said it and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner for Mr. Thein Sein in Washington next Monday night.
This program between the Chamber and Labor will educate employers on the value of hiring Veterans and military spouses and will help connect employers with this exceptional talent pool.
That was then, this is now and I'm sure by the time she arrives in the Stormont chamber Megan Fearon will be on message - once Sinn Fein has worked out exactly what the party line is on Desperate Housewives.
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That way, they hope, a strong contingent of Sunnis will win seats in the chamber and work to amend the constitution. (A simple majority of deputies can put a constitutional amendment to a referendum.) The hope is that the process can create a coherent Sunni nationalist movement with credible leaders, working in the political mainstream.
The Melton Community Forum meeting will take place in the council chamber at Parkside at 14:00 BST.
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