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<img class="alignright wp-image-5748" src="https://ohioclockblog.bakerhostetlerblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2019/01/Capitol-Hill-iStock_000001716887.jpg" alt="Washington D.C. The capitol, the seat of the government of the United States." width="376" height="250" />Below is the <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/FederalPolicy">Federal Policy</a> team’s weekly preview, posted when Congress is in session.

HEADLINES
• President Donald Trump will host a ceremony marking the signing of a trade agreement with China.
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi is likely to send House-passed articles of impeachment of Trump to the Senate, after unsuccessfully seeking procedural concessions from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
• Democrats will hold their final debate tomorrow before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.
HOUSE
<ul>
 	<li>The House is <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/weekly-leader-friday-january-10-2020">in session</a> today through Thursday and will likely approve a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate.</li>
 	<li>The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a <a href="https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=27DF933C-3371-4E89-BB43-507EA3ABA1E8">hearing</a> on the Trump administration’s Iran policy, amid ongoing unrest in Tehran protesting that government’s leaders.</li>
 	<li>The Armed Services Committee will hold a <a href="https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings?ID=8CD86D4E-F47F-4B24-BFB1-F87F868236DB">hearing</a> on the Defense Department’s role in competing with China.</li>
 	<li>The full list of this week’s House committee activity can be found <a href="https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByWeek.aspx?WeekOf=01122020_01182020">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
SENATE
<ul>
 	<li>The Senate will <a href="https://www.senate.gov/floor/index.htm">vote on</a> the nomination of Peter Gaynor to be administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li>Multiple Senate committees will review the implementing legislation for the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5430?r=1&amp;s=2">United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement</a>.</li>
 	<li>The current list of Senate committee activity can be found <a href="https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
WHITE HOUSE
<ul>
 	<li>Tonight, Trump will attend the college football <a href="https://www.2020nola.com/">national championship game</a> in New Orleans between Coach Ed Orgeron’s Louisiana State University <a href="https://twitter.com/LSUfootball/status/1215400355762069504?s=20">Tigers</a> and Dabo Swinney’s Clemson <a href="https://twitter.com/ClemsonFB/status/1216725335129149440?s=20">Tigers</a>. Go Tigers!</li>
 	<li>Tomorrow, Trump will host a campaign rally in Milwaukee as Democratic contenders to challenge him participate in their final debate before primary elections begin.</li>
 	<li>Wednesday, Trump will participate in a signing ceremony for a trade agreement between the United States and China.</li>
</ul>

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