White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

-House Speaker Pelosi’s weekly press conference.

-Representatives Blackburn and Hunter with Afghanistan vets on troop update.

-House Minority Leader John Boehner, Rep. Tom Price, GOP members healthcare “House Call.”

- House Armed Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy, Part II.”

-Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee full committee hearing on “Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans.”

-AARP will be making a major announcement regarding health care reform.

Talk Radio News will be conducting interviews at the House Republican Conference Radio Row.

The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:

-RNC Chairman Michael Steele holds a press conference following Tuesday’s gubernatorial and Congressional elections.

-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference with tribal leaders on health care reform.

-Reps. Joe Wilson, Fleming, Herger, Gingery discuss the public option and members automatic enrollment.

-Senate Environment and Public Works Committee full committee markup of S.1733, the “Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.”

-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on technological devices and driver safety.

-Remarks by Rep. Shadegg on health care reform.

-The House Labor Appropriations Subcommittee holds a briefing on the H1N1 Pandemic.

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White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering today’s afternoon briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

- A news conference hosted by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who will be discussing financial regulatory reform.

- An address from German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel to a joint session of Congress.

- House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) holds his weekly pen and pad session.

- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee holds a markup session on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.

- Sens. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Fredrick Upton (R-Minn.) hold a news conference to discuss efficiency standards for outdoor lighting.

- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing to discuss increasing health costs facing small businesses.

- TRNS will be speaking with voters in Alexandria, Va., about who they voted for today in the state’s gubernatorial election.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Congressional Correspondent Geoff Holtzman will be speaking to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). King and other GOP leaders in the House are urging their constituents to visit the Capitol on Thursday to protest the Democratically-backed healthcare reform bill.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:

- The George Washington University, Homeland Security Policy Institute and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance hold a symposium on “Cyber Deterrence.”

- White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett holds a webchat, to discuss “the importance of needed changes in our health care system for traditionally underserved communities throughout the country.”

- Interior Secretary Salazar and Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes participate in a media event.

- News conference to give a scientific update on 2009 H1N1 flu activities.

- The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan holds a hearing on “Counting Contractors: Where Are They And What Are They Doing?”

- A conference call briefing to analyze the House Democrats’ health reform bill with Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin; former associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Jim Capretta.

- The U.S. Climate Action Network holds a conference call briefing to discuss November’s key international meetings on climate change.

- D.C. council hearing to discuss same-sex marriage.

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-Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at the opening of the new U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) holds a conference call, beginning at 11 a.m., to discuss policy options for Afghanistan.

-Demos holds a forum on “The Problem with ‘Government is the Problem’: Beyond Tea Parties and Town Hall Protests, Toward a Constructive Dialogue.”

-The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) holds a discussion on a new report, “Fixing Social Security: Adequate Benefits, Adequate Financing.”

-The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) holds a discussion on “Pakistani Public Opinion Towards Terrorism” with Christine Fair, assistant professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing.

United Nations Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a press conference on UN Reform, featuring John Bolton, former U.S Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Congressional Correspondent Geoff Holtzman will be speaking to Robert Amsterdam, a London-based international attorney for Fortune 500 companies who also represents political prisoners around the world, about Iran’s developing relationship with Brazil.

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

- House Judiciary Committee’s full committee hearing on “Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries,” featuring Roger Goodell, National Football League Commissioner, and former New York Giants halfback Tiki Barber.

-The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s full committee hearing on S.1733, the “Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,” featuring former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.).

- The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s full committee markup of H.R.2194, the “Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009.”

- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s full committee hearing on “Executive Compensation: How Much is Too Much?”

- An open briefing on the Honduras situation with U.S business leaders and Reps. Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl.) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fl.).

- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Contracting Oversight Subcommittee hearing on “Achieving the President’s Objectives: New Office of Management and Budget Guidance to Combat Waste, Inefficiency, and Misuse in Federal Government Contracting.”

- A news conference featuring Republican leader John Boehner (R-Oh.) and Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and other GOP leaders on healthcare, seniors.

- A press conference feat. Senators Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Sherrod Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Small Businesses and Consumer Advocates for Public Option.

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

-The Congressional Quarterly-Roll Call Group holds a forum on “Expanding Health Care Coverage to All Americans.” With Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John “Jay” Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Roll Call Executive Editor Morton Kondracke; Chris Condeluci, tax and benefits counsel at the Senate Finance Committee;

-The Center for American Progress holds a discussion on “Health Care Reform and the Budget Deficit.”

-Rep. Burgess, Health care groups holds a Health Care Forum on pre-existing conditions.

-Judicial Watch holds a discussion on “Oversight of the Obama Administration.”

-The Council on Foreign Relations holds a discussion on “Afghanistan: Defining the Possibilities,” with Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., giving a “congressional perspective on U.S. policy and the current situation in the region.”

-Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki deliver remarks at the joint Mental Health Summit to discuss a public health model for enhanced mental health care for returning service members, veterans, and their families.

-Representatives Pence, Reichert hold pen & pad session w/ reporters.

Talk Radio News Service reporters host another edition of College Media News Live at 4:00 pm.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering briefings on human rights violations in Myanmar and DPRK (North Korea).

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following news events:

-A Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economic outlook.

-Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) hold a news conference to discuss medicare geographic inequity.

-A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization): A Strategic Concept for Transatlantic Security.”

-A group of Republican Congressmen hold a news conference to discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

-House Minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and fellow Republican Congressmen discuss small business and healthcare.

-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) weekly news conference.

-A group of Republican Congressmen discuss the Census Bureau.

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:

- The National Campaign to Close Guantanamo holds a conference call to launch a nationwide grassroots campaign to shut down Guantanamo Prison.

- Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. Paul Kirk (D-Mass.) hold a news conference on the “urgent need to extend unemployment benefits.”

- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) and Jim Williams, CEO of Easter Seals hold a photo opportunity to highlight “the urgency of health insurance reform for children with pre-existing conditions.”

- The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) holds a events to launch a new public awareness campaign.

- NDN holds a news conference to oppose a proposed amendment by Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah) that would require the Census Bureau to add a citizenship status question to the 2010 Census.

- The National Football League (NFL); and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) hold a news conference on the National Breast and Cervical Early Detection Program.

- Americans for Financial Reform holds a conference call briefing to urge Congress not to exempt any “special interest, including financing from car dealers,” from the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

- House Financial Services Committee full committee markup of H.R.3126, the “Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009″; H.R.3763, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses; and H.R.3639, the “Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009.”

- Senate Judiciary Committee Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee hearing on “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?”

- Survivaballs will rally to highlight the urgent need for climate action, urging senators to either support climate legislation that moves the world toward a global climate treaty.

White House Correspondent Lovisa Frost will be covering the White House briefing.

The Washinton bureau will also be covering:

- The National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken will hold a briefing to discuss Vice President Biden’s upcoming trip to Poland, Romania and Czech Republic.

- The Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and former Office of Management and Budget Associate Director James Capretta hold a briefing to discuss the consequences of leading health reform proposals.

- Attorney General Eric Holder delivers remarks to the American Academy of Pediatrics on the impact of violence on the nation’s youth.

- The Cato Institute holds a forum on “Which Way Forward for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?”

- The Center for American Progress (CAP); and a Woman’s Nation hold a conference on “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything.”