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HIGHLIGHTS
- The Budget and the Region --
Reports
- Great Lakes 101 -- Introductory
Briefing
- Chesapeake Bay Task Force --
Meeting
The Budget and the
Region -- Reports
The Northeast-Midwest
organizations on Monday, February 5, will produce information about
the president’s fiscal 2008 budget proposals for selected programs
of regional interest.
Northeast-Midwest staff will compile a table with
program-specific budget numbers and circulate it by noon on budget day to paying
members of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional and Senate Coalitions
and officials from states that financially support the
Northeast-Midwest Institute.
Later that afternoon, staff will circulate a document that
also includes program information and historical funding data on
selected programs. Contacts: Matt Kane at the Northeast-Midwest
Institute (612/825-0443), Katie Waszkiewicz
at the Congressional Coalition (202/226-5181), and Ari Strauss at the
Senate Coalition (202/224-0606).
Great
Lakes 101 -- Introductory
Briefing
Congressional staff on
Wednesday, January 31, are invited to participate in a briefing on
the international and state-level programs and agreements that
govern the Great
Lakes. The
International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Fisheries Commission,
and Great Lakes Commission will discuss their missions and
programs. The January 31 briefing will begin at
2:00
p.m. in 2218
Rayburn
House
Office
Building. Contact: Joy Mulinex with the
Great
Lakes Task Force
(202/224-1211).
Chesapeake
Bay Task Force –
Meeting
The Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Task Force co-chairs -- Reps.
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Wayne Gilchrest
(R-MD), Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Tom Davis (R-VA) -- are convening the
first meeting of the Task Force in the
110th Congress. The Northeast-Midwest Institute
will sponsor the breakfast meeting, which will begin at
8:30
a.m. on
Friday, February 16, in 2325
Rayburn
House
Office
Building. All members in
the Chesapeake
Bay watershed and their
staff are invited to participate. There will be a
briefing on the state of the Bay and progress of the clean
up by the administration and state and private
groups. The Task Force will discuss legislative and
appropriations strategies for the upcoming session of Congress. Contact: Peter Marx with the
Northeast-Midwest Institute (202/464-4008).
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