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Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/FederalPolicy">Federal Policy</a> team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.

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The Senate is expected to vote to strike down the District of Columbia’s controversial new criminal code, sending the resolution to President Biden, who has indicated he will sign it.

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The White House will release the president’s annual budget Thursday.

The congressional hearing schedule is extremely busy, including an appearance by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and two by Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell.

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The House is in <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekly-schedule.htm">session</a> tomorrow through Friday, with an agenda including a <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/27">resolution</a> targeting the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” rule.

The Financial Services Committee has a <a href="https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/">busy</a> week planned, including <a href="https://financialservices.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=408623">receiving</a> Powell’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report.

Yellen will appear Friday at a Ways and Means Committee <a href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-on-president-bidens-fiscal-year-2024-budget-request-with-treasury-secretary-yellen/">hearing</a> on the president’s budget.

The full list of committee meetings can be found <a href="https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity">here</a>.

The Senate will resume <a href="https://www.senate.gov/index.htm">votes</a> on President Biden’s judicial nominees, before turning to the D.C. crime resolution Wednesday.

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Wednesday will hold an oversight <a href="https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/oversight-of-the-commodity-futures-trading-commission-03-08-2023">hearing</a> with Rostin Behnam, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Also Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will <a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/authorization-for-investigation">vote</a> on issuing a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

Additional Senate committee meetings can be found <a href="https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm">here</a>.

Today, the president will speak at the International Association of Firefighters <a href="https://www.iaff.org/legcon23/">Legislative Conference</a>.

Thursday, the White House will release the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/">budget</a>.

Biden will <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-meet-eus-von-der-leyen-march-10-white-house-2023-03-02/">host</a> President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission at the White House on Friday.

The Weekly Hill Update