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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 9:30 
a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Violent Islamist Extremism: al-
Shabaab Recruitment in America.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Subcommittee on the Constitution

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled 
``S.J. Res. 7 and H.J. Res. 21: A Constitutional Amendment Concerning 
Senate Vacancies'' on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 10 a.m., in room 
SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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