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• BakerHostetler on Tuesday will host our <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/BHLegSem19">30th Annual Legislative Seminar</a>, with members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle discussing the current policy and political environment.
• NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday will address a joint meeting of Congress.
• Congress is caught up in partisan sniping over how to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and disaster relief funding levels for Puerto Rico and other regions.
HOUSE
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 	<li>The House is in session today through Thursday. The <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/weekly-leader-friday-march-29-2019">agenda</a> includes <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1585rh/pdf/BILLS-116hr1585rh.pdf">legislation</a> reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.</li>
 	<li>House Democrats are nearing a decision on how to proceed on their budget proposal, as lawmakers look toward a potential deal to raise budget caps for fiscal 2020.</li>
 	<li>The Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday will <a href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/markups/markup-retirement-tax-administration-and-reemployment-services-legislation">mark up</a> bipartisan bills on <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/WM/WM00/20190402/109255/BILLS-116HR___ih.pdf">retirement savings</a>, <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/WM/WM00/20190402/109255/BILLS-116HR1957ih.pdf">modernizing the IRS</a> and <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/WM/WM00/20190402/109255/BILLS-116HR1759ih.pdf">re-employment</a>.</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=03312019_04062019">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
SENATE
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 	<li>The Senate will continue floor consideration of supplemental disaster relief funding, but <a href="https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SUPPFY19.pdf">legislation</a> is likely to stall as lawmakers struggle over funding levels.</li>
 	<li>Senate Republicans also plan to move forward on a <a href="https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/sres50/BILLS-116sres50rs.pdf">change</a> to Senate rules to shorten debate time on Trump nominees.</li>
 	<li>The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday will hold a <a href="https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nato-at-70-a-strategic-partnership-for-the-21st-century">hearing</a> on NATO, ahead of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to Congress on Wednesday.</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
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 	<li>President Donald Trump on Monday will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have lunch with Vice President Mike Pence and participate in a prison reform event. This evening, Pence will speak at BakerHostetler’s 30th Annual Legislative Dinner, ahead of tomorrow’s <a href="https://www.bakerlaw.com/BHLegSem19">Legislative Seminar</a>.</li>
 	<li>Trump on Tuesday will meet with Stoltenberg and speak at the National Republican Congressional Committee spring dinner.</li>
 	<li>Later in the week, the president will travel to the West Coast for a visit to the border at Calexico, California, and for campaign events.</li>
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