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

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The House potentially plans to vote on a significant bipartisan agreement to expand the child tax credit and renew key business tax breaks, while the Senate might move forward on border and national security funding legislation.

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Leading technology executives will testify at a Senate hearing on online child exploitation.

President Joe Biden is reacting to the Iranian-backed attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers Saturday. Later in the week he will attend campaign events in Florida, and attend the National Prayer Breakfast. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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The House plans to be in <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekly-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">session</a> tonight through Thursday, potentially taking up bipartisan tax <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240129/HR%207024%20-%20Smith%20(MO)%20(1).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">legislation</a>.

Tomorrow, the Energy and Commerce Oversight Subcommittee will hold an oversight <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/oversight-and-investigations-subcommittee-hearing-fighting-the-misuse-of-biden-s-green-bank-giveaway-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

The Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday will <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2024/01/28/media-advisory-homeland-security-committee-markup-of-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vote</a> on articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The rest of the House committee schedule can be found <a href="https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

The Senate will be in <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">session</a> tomorrow through Friday, and <a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/12924-punchbowl-news-am/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=1/29/24%20%20Punchbowl%20News%20AM&amp;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">might</a> begin consideration of a long-sought national security and border security spending bill.

The Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will hold a <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/big-tech-and-the-online-child-sexual-exploitation-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> regarding online child exploitation, featuring the chief executives of X, Meta, TikTok, Snap, and Discord.

Also Wednesday, the Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a <a href="https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=03C479FC-5267-497B-99FA-2278F02771DA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hearing</a> titled “Avoiding, Detecting, and Capturing Methane Emissions from Landfills.”

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

The president has <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-american-service-members-killed-jordan-iran-5cb774fd835a558d840ae91263037489">vowed</a> to respond to the drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers and injured dozens more Saturday.

He will travel to <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/26/president-biden-to-visit-south-florida-on-tuesday-for-campaign-receptions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Florida</a> tomorrow for campaign receptions in Palm Beach and Miami.

Thursday, Biden will <a href="https://www.forth.news/whpool/65b6e9ffb94c0359aa278ade" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">attend</a> the National Prayer Breakfast.

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