House hearings: Clinton (maybe) to testify on Benghazi

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing next Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Benghazi attacks that killed four U.S. officials.

But while the committee is planning on the hearing, a State Department spokeswoman threw some doubt into whether it will happen, telling The Hill on Thursday that Clinton will only testify if an Accountability Review Board report on the attacks is ready by then.

The Benghazi hearing is just one of a handful of House hearings planned for next week, likely because the House had not planned on being in at all until recently. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has said the House will remain in session until a resolution to the fiscal cliff is passed, and on Thursday warned that some weekend work may be needed.

Details on the few hearings scheduled for the week ahead:

House Education & the Workforce

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Dec. 19, "Challenges Facing Multi-employer Pension Plans: Evaluating PBGC's Insurance Program and Financial Outlook"
     10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

Dec. 20, "Benghazi Attack, Part II: The Report of the Accountability Review Board," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies
     1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Dec. 17, 18, 19, "Ongoing Intelligence Activities"
HVC-304 (closed hearings)

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