Monday: Tax debate in the Senate, land-use bills in the House

The Senate meets at 2 p.m., and at 5:30 p.m., senators will vote on the nomination of Michael Shipp to be a U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey.

Senators may also start discussing S. 3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, which would implement President Obama's plan to keep tax rates low for everyone but people earning more than $250,000.

The House meets at noon for speeches and later in the day to work on up to 18 suspension bills, with votes at 6:30 p.m. on some or all of these. Ten of the bills would name public buildings; the other eight are:

• H.R. 1237, to provide for a land exchange between the federal government and California

• H.R. 4484, the Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act

• H.R. 2467, the Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health and Economic Development Act

• H.R. 2362, the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act

• H.R. 3388, the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act

• H.R. 5859, to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting

• S. 1335, the Pilot's Bill of Rights

• S. 2039, to allow a state or local government to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space lands.

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