Swamp Sunrise

Posted by Mark Silva at 6:10 am CST

President Bush has left Washington for a two-day meeting with leaders of Mexico and Canada -- he arrived in Cancun, Mex., last night -- and the normally all-business traveling president will start his day with a tour of the historical Chichen-Itza ruins outside Cancun. Meanwhile, back in the Swamp:

8:30 am CST: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "The Hidden Cost of Oil.'' 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

8:30 am CST: Senate resumes debate on immigration reform.

9 am CST: House resumes debate on College Access and Opportunity Act

9 am CST: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, investigative subcommittee hearing on "Neutralizing the Nuclear and Radiological Threat: Securing the Global Supply Chain. 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

9 am CST: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, legislative presentations from the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, the AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War and the Vietnam Veterans of America. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

9:55 am CST: President Bush takes a tour of the Chichen-Itza archeological site near Cancun, Mexico, at the start of a two-day visit for trilateral meetings with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

1:30 pm CST: Senate Select Intelligence Committee, closed hearing on intelligence matters. 218 Hart Senate Office Building.

1:30 pm CST: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, subcommittee hearing, Oversight of Government Management and the Federal Workforce and District of Columbia, on "Fulfilling the Promise? A review of veterans' preference in the federal government.'' 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

3 pm CST: President Bush meets with President Vicente Fox of Mexico in Cancun.


5 pm CST: NEWS CONFERENCE - THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS, releaasing new guidlines for preventing and treating childhood obesity. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C.

5 pm CST: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, holds a discussion on "Finding Bin Laden." Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

5 pm CST: THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER holds its annual "Dishonors Awards Gala," to roast the "worst liberal reporting," and a special tribute to the troops.The Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.