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To: Dealer who wrote (30888)2/11/2001 6:22:31 PM
From: Dealer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 65232
 
Washington schedule Feb. 11-17

All Times Eastern

Monday, Feb. 12

All Day: Technology policy forum on legislative, taxation, and copyright issues, on Capitol Hill.

12:15 p.m.: Medicare reform briefing, conducted by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, on Capitol Hill.

1:30 p.m.: Treasury bill auction, at the Treasury Department.

2:30 p.m.: Hearing on the defense budget, at the Senate Budget Committee.

Tuesday, February 13

8:30 a.m.: Retail sales for January, at the Commerce Department.

9 a.m.: Hearing on Transportation Department report on airline passenger service, at the Senate Commerce Committee.

10 a.m.: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies on federal monetary policy, at the Senate Banking Committee.

10 a.m.: Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill testifies on President Bush's tax relief proposals, at the House Ways and Means Committee.

10 a.m.: Hearing on tax policy, at the Senate Budget Committee.

10 a.m.: National Association of Realtors releases consumer survey on a proposed Fed/Treasury rule allowing banks to engage in real estate brokerage, at the National Press Club.

Noon: Chairman of House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, addresses the National Energy Resources Organization, on Capitol Hill.

Noon: Briefing on the status of diesel truck standards under the Bush administration, by the Clean Air Trust, at the National Press Club.

Wednesday, February 14

All day: FDA advisory committee meets on safety of Eli Lilly's (LLY: news, msgs) Zyprexa, which controls agitation.

8:30 a.m.: Business inventories for December, at the Commerce Department.

9:30 a.m.: Hearing on the structure of ICANN, the organization in charge of creating and distributing Internet domain names, at the Senate Commerce Committee.

10 a.m.: Hearing on the current state of the farm economy and the economic impact of federal policy on agriculture, at the House Agriculture Committee.

10:30 a.m.: Council on Competitiveness releases report on the status and prospects for the U.S. economy, on Capitol Hill.

1:30 p.m.: House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, and Sens. John Breaux, D-La., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., participate in panel discussion on prescription drug benefits, sponsored by the Institute for Policy Innovation, on Capitol Hill.

2:30 p.m. Hearing on the Competitive Market Supervision Act, which reduces securities fees, at the Senate Banking Committee.

Thursday, February 15

8:30 a.m. Weekly jobless claims report, at the Labor Department.

10 a.m.: Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill holds a Pre-G-7 press conference, at the Treasury Department.

Friday, February 16

President Bush travels to Mexico to meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox.

8:30 a.m.: Producer Price Index for January, at the Labor Department.

8:30 a.m.: Housing starts report for January, at the Commerce Department.

9:15 a.m.: Industrial production for January, at the Federal Reserve.