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WATCH FOR IT: At 11:00 am EST tomorrow, the Federal Trade Commission will announce charges that a major food products company engaged in deceptive advertising.
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-- On Friday, Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia will announce his choice to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Robert Byrd's death. Which means that ...
-- The Senate plans a cloture vote on July 15 for the financial regulatory reform bill. And ...
ALSO: as you first read in this column, the Senate Select Committee for Intelligence will hold a confirmation hearing next Tuesday for James Clapper, President Obama's nominee for Director of National Intelligence.
-- Unemployment insurance will be extended, probably next Wednesday.
-- The week of the 26th, Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated that
the energy bill will be brought to the floor, which
provides one week for debate before the Senate takes up the Kagan
nomination. The bill will contain four titles: oil
spill response, clean energy and jobs (read: renewables), efficiency, and a
limit on carbon pollution from utilities, though Reid did not call it that.
It is unclear if there are 60 votes for such a bill, but the only way to find
out is to bring it to the floor, since some moderate Democrats and Republicans are
sitting on the fence hoping that the issue will go away.