Today on the Hill

The House meets at 10 a.m. to resume consideration of H.R. 384, the TARP Reform and Accountability Act.

The Senate convenes 10 a.m. Following a period of morning business the Senate will resume consideration of the lands bill (S. 22).

Sens. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will deliver farewell addresses from the Senate floor, as they prepare to assume their positions in the new administration.

Senator-appointee Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will be sworn in this afternoon.

KEY SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

Mary Schapiro for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Banking, 9:30 a.m.

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) for Interior secretary, Energy, 9:30 a.m.

Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, Foreign Relations, 9:30 a.m.

Susan Rice for U.S. representative to the United Nations, Foreign Relations, 9:30 a.m.

Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-Ariz.) for secretary of the Homeland Security Department, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 10 a.m.