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TODAY’S HEADLINERS

Arab-American voters — 10:30 a.m. — The Arab American Institute holds a press conference to release the results of its second major tracking poll of Arab-American voters in Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. James Zogby, AAI president, and John Zogby of Zogby International participate. Location: AAI, 1600 K St. NW. Suite 601. Contact: 202/429-9210.

Tax cuts — 2 p.m. — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities holds a conference-call briefing on “A Dubious Way to Make Middle-Class Tax Cuts Permanent.” Isaac Shapiro, Joel Freedman and Robert Greenstein of the center participate. Contact: 202/408-1080.

PRESIDENT BUSH

Meets with Swedish Prime Minister Goren Persson at the White House.

ECONOMIC REPORTS

10:30 a.m. — Energy Information Administration releases its weekly petroleum status report. Location: 1000 Independence Ave. SW. Contact: 202/586-8800.

3 p.m. — National Agricultural Statistics Service releases its weekly broiler hatchery report. Location: 12th Street and Independence Avenue SW. Contact: 800/727-9540.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

8 a.m. — U.S. Coast Guard holds a meeting of the Maritime Security Working Group to discuss port, vessel and facility security plan requirements. Location: National Pollution Funds Center, 4200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Contact: 202/267-0214.

noon — Internal Revenue Service holds a meeting by teleconference of the Wage and Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. See contact for dial-in information. Contact: 888/912-1227.

2:30 p.m. — Securities and Exchange Commission holds an open meeting. Topics include new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; new and amended rules and forms to address the registration, disclosure and reporting requirements for asset-backed securities under the Securities Act of 1933; and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Location: 450 Fifth St. NE, Room 6600. Contact: 202/942-0098.

SUPREME COURT

Oral arguments begin at 10 a.m., one hour per case

Docket No. 03-6696: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Docket No. 03-1027: Rumsfeld v. Padilla

Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE

In session. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES

10 a.m. — Appropriations defense subcommittee holds a hearing on medical programs in the armed services. Witnesses include Lt. Gen. James Peake, Army surgeon general; Vice Admiral Michael Cowan, surgeon general of the Navy; and Lt. Gen. George Peach Taylor Jr., Air Force surgeon general. Location: 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-7363.

10 a.m. — Finance Committee holds a hearing on fraud and abuse in Medicare’s power wheelchair program. Witnesses include Dara Corrigan, acting principal deputy inspector general of Health and Human Services, and Leslie Aronovitz, director of health care, program administration and integrity issues in the General Accounting Office. Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4515.

10 a.m. — Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee holds a hearing on the “Impact of Stock Option Expensing on Small Business. Witnesses include Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the Congressional Budget Office; Robert Herz, chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; and George Batavick, member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Location: 428-A Russell Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-5175.

2 p.m. — Health, Education, Labor and Pensions children and families subcommittee holds a hearing on healthy marriages. Witnesses include Wade Horn, Health and Human Services assistant secretary for children and families; Barbara Whitehead, co-director of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University; and Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. Location: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-5375.

HOUSE

Meets at 10 a.m. to consider the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse Designation Act; authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; and the Ronald Reagan Federal Building Designation Act. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/225-1600.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

10 a.m. — Agriculture Committee holds a hearing to review agricultural trade negotiations. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick testify. Location: 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2171.

10 a.m. — Transportation and Infrastructure Coast Guard and Marine transportation subcommittee holds a hearing, “Integrated Deepwater System.” Witnesses include Vice Adm. Thomas Barrett, vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard; Philip Dur, president of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems; and Fred Moosally, president of Lockeed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors. Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-9446.

10:30 a.m. — Education and the Workforce Committee holds a hearing on the Labor Department’s final regulation on overtime pay and its impact on workers and employers. Witnesses include Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and Ronald Bird, chief economist at the Employment Policy Foundation. Location: 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4527; recorded schedule, 202/226-2026.

2 p.m. — Transportation and Infrastructure water resources and environment subcommittee holds an oversight hearing, “The Nation’s Aging Water Supply Infrastructure.” Witnesses include David Wallace, mayor of Sugar Land, Texas, and representative of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Urban Water Council; and Jerry Johnson, general manager of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority and representative of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-9446.

GENERAL AGENDA

African-American leadership summit — all day — Congress hosts the second annual African-American Leadership Summit.

Highlights — 8:20 a.m. — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican, and Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, “Welcome to the Summit: Senate Briefing”

9:20 a.m. — Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, “Education: Meeting the Needs of Every Child.”

Location: Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW. Contact: 202/224-9767 or 202/224-5922.

North Korean Freedom Day — all day — North Korean Freedom Coalition holds North Korean Freedom Day.

Highlights — 8:30 a.m. — Press conference with North Korean defectors, National Press Club, Zenger Room, 14th and F streets NW.

11 a.m. — Sen. Sam Brownback, Kansas Republican; Rep. Jim Leach, Iowa Republican; Rep. Donald M. Payne, New Jersey Democrat.

Location: West Front, U.S. Capitol. Contact: 703/904-7323 or 703/615-8595.

Government affairs conference — 8 a.m. — American Advertising Federation, Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies holds an annual government affairs conference.

Highlights — 8 a.m. — Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican

8:30 a.m. — Rep. Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican

Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/898-0089

Prayer breakfast — 8:45 a.m. — The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast hosts its inaugural prayer breakfast. Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, participates. Location: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW. Contact: 540/735-8050.

Biodefense for the 21st Century — 9:30 a.m. — Health and Human Services Department, Homeland Security Department and the Defense Department hold a press conference to announce a presidential directive, “Biodefense for the 21st Century.”

Highlights — 9:30 a.m. — Tour of HHS secretary’s Command Center and Mobile Command Center

10:30 a.m. — HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson; Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, press conference, HHS auditorium.

• Compiled by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times