In this issue:

General Legislative; Agriculture; Budget, Appropriations; Education; Energy; Environment; Financial Services; Health Care; Tax; and, Transportation.

Excerpt from General Legislative

On Monday, March 26, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. The following legislation will be considered under suspension of the rules: H.R. 2779, a bill to exempt the inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 2682, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011; H.R. 4014, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; H.R. 3298, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2011; and H.R. 4239, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. The Senate convenes at 2:00 p.m. on Monday for a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act.

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