The Week Ahead

Debates on the Queen's speech will continue and conclude in both Houses at Westminster. The debate on the motion to establish a Speaker’s Committee on the search of offices on the Parliamentary Estate will be discussed (not doubt in a lively manner!) on Monday. The full business can seen accessed at http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/2008/12/08/week.html

A second "lame duck session" is expected in Congress. Details of the House arrangements can be found at http://democraticleader.house.gov/docUploads/27WeeklyLeader12_08_08.pdf?CFID=7017212&CFTOKEN=43085550. The Senate calendar for Monday is available at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=senate_calendar&docid=sc001.pdf