The Cloakroom: May 18 – May 24
Conn Carroll /
A a look at what happened last week, and what is coming up this week, on Capitol Hill
Senate:
Last week – began debate on the credit card bill
This week – will finish the credit card bill and pass the Iraq and Afghanistan war supplemental
House:
Last week – passed the Iraq and Afghanistan war supplemental and Speaker Pelosi got embroiled over the waterboarding debate
This week – Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up of the cap-and-tax bill and relatively no floor activity