UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the Climate Summit with President Barack Obama

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following:

-The Foreign Policy Initiative holds a forum on “Advancing and Defending Democracy,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks.

-The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee holds a staff lead roundtable discussion on “Small Business contracting: Ensuring Opportunities for America’s Small Businesses.”

-Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. holds a news conference on health information technology.

-Christian and Muslim leaders hold a news conference to discuss an Islamic prayer vigil at the U.S. Capitol.

-The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network and the National Association of Basketball Coaches hold a Coaches vs. Cancer rally to “urge Congress to pass health care reform.”

-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. holds his weekly pen and pad only news briefing.

-The Senate Democratic Policy Committee and the Senate Republican Policy Committee hold their weekly policy committee.

-Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC Commissioner Michael Copps deliver remarks at a Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Media & Technology Institute to release the Broadband Imperatives Report.

-House Judiciary Committee Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act.

-House Veterans Affairs Committee Health Subcommittee hearing on “Is the VA (Veterans Affairs Department) Meeting the Pharmaceutical Needs of Veterans? An Examination of the VA National Formulary, Issues of Patient Safety, and Management of the Pharmacy Benefits Program.”

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Robert Gibbs.
UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering the UN press briefing.

The Washington Bureau will be covering:

-A conference call to discuss findings of potential impacts of the Waxman-Markey bill with Executive Vice President of The National Association of Manufacturers, Jay Timmons.
-A news conference with House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) to discuss health care reform.
-A discussion of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan with U.S. State Department special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the morning meeting and the White House briefing with Robert Gibbs.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will have a UN relief and works agency interview on recent Jewish settlements in West Bank.

Our Washington D.C. Bureau will covering the following events:

-The Health and Human Services Department webcast news conference with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden
-The Health and Human Services Department webcast to discuss “how health insurance reform will benefit all Americans.”
-The Education Department’s “Read to the Top!” initiative with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and White House Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu, will deliver remarks at an event to read to children.
-Joint Economic Committee full committee hearing on “The Employment Situation: July 2009.”

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

Our Washington, D.C. Bureau will be covering the following events:

-Speaker Pelosi, House Dem Leaders on Legislative Accomplishments
-Opening ceremony of the 2009 Street Soccer USA Cup Tournament.
-A New The Center for Security Policy news conference on its “Interim Guantanamo Legislative Report.”
-House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup of H.R.3200, the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.”
-House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee full committee hearing on “Recovery Act: 160-Day Progress Report for Transportation and Infrastructure Programs.”
-Conference call with Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) discuss Campaign of Misinformation on Health Care Reform: Independent Fact Checks Show Opponents will Say or Do Anything to Stop Reform

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a noon briefing at the UN

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

The Washington Bureau will also be covering:

-A roundtable discussion with Reps. Boehner, Cantor, Pence, and small business owners on healthcare
-A discussion with Sen. Martinez on Judge Sonia Sotomayor
-A news conference with cancer survivors on health care
-Rep. Pitts on abortion in the healthcare debate
-A Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on “Closing Guantanamo: The Path Forward under the Rule of Law”
-A Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee hearing on “Medical Debt – Is Our Healthcare System Bankrupting Americans?”
-Pen and pad news briefing with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following events:

-Remarks by National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers on “Rescuing and Rebuilding the U.S. Economy: A Progress Report”

-An appearance by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at event to read to children.

-A House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Industry Perspectives on the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals.”

-A discussion on “Scholars and Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme
Court’s 2008-2009 Term” at the Heritage Foundation.

-A discussion on discussion on “Healthcare Reform: Putting Patients First.”

Our Washington Bureau will be covering the following events:

-Discussion on “President Obama’s trip to Russia.”
-Western Hemisphere Subcommittee hearing on “The Crisis in Honduras.”
-Address on “Recent upsurge in hate crimes and right-wing extremism, illustrated most recently by the attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.”
-News conference to announce introduction of a House resolution condemning the “Chinese repression of Uighur protests.”

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the joint press availability with President Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and the White House press briefing with Robert Gibbs.

Our Washington D.C. Bureau will be covering the following events:

-Minority Leader Boehner, GOP leader’s press conference on national energy tax
-Reps. Velazquez, Gonzales, Sen. Menendez’s press conference on Judge Sotomayor
- Speaker Pelosi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting
- A discussion on “Modernizing U.S. Foreign Aid: The Challenges of a Changing World”
- A discussion on “Patient-Centered Care versus Political Medicine.”
- A discussion “To Reform Healthcare, Don’t Increase Taxes, Cut Them.”
-Press conference to address the Iranian regime’s “rising suppression of pro-democracy uprisings in Iran.”
- A discussion on “Medication Adherence in Health Reform: Saving Money and Lives”

-White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with Robert Gibbs

-Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli and Matthew S. Schwartz will be covering decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will also be covering:

-Address by Iran’s former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, leading advocate of a campaign for civil disobedience against the clerical regime, on his call for a secular, parliamentary, and democratic political system in Iran
-The New America Foundation (NAF), discussion on “Iran’s Election: What Happened? What’s Next?”
-Briefing by the Cato Institute to examine lessons from Massachusetts’ 2006 health care reforms.
-Full committee markup of “The Affordable Health Choices Act”.
-Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee hearing on “Over-the-Counter Derivatives: Modernizing Oversight to Increase Transparency and Reduce Risks”.
-Media briefing to discuss and release the HIV/AIDS Atlas of the United States, a web-based atlas that highlights the local impact of the HIV epidemic across the United States for National HIV Testing Day.
-Briefing on “The Administration’s Plans for the Novel Influenxa A (H1N1) Vaccine Development and Administration.
-The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS)- Ninth Annual National Charter Schools Conference featuring Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Tiki Barber, former NFL player.

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

The Washington, D.C. Bureau will also be covering:

-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s testimony before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
-Nancy Pelosi’s weekly press conference
-A discussion on “Mainstreaming Extremism: Violent Rhetoric in Right-Wing Media” by Media Matters for America
-A news conference on health care Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
-A press conference on immigration raids under the Bush administration by the National Commission to Release Comprehensive Report on Workplace Immigration Raids.
-A briefing on Iran with Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
-A briefing on Health Care Reform by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)