2nd Session of the 111th Congress

Yesterday Congress officially convened the second session of the 111th Congress. Officially they did nothing except adjourn for at least a week. The House is scheduled to meet again on January 12th and the Senate plans on another ‘pro-forma’ session on the 19th. The House did accept the submission of some bills/resolutions but they won’t be officially entered into the system until the 12th. There is only one security related congressional hearing scheduled; the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will look at aviation security on the first full day the Senate is actually working (January 20th). The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Operations Committee has announced that they will be holding a hearing on the same subject this month, but has not yet set a date. No word on CFATS hearings yet.