Senate committees plan more budget work next week

Senate committees next week will continue to work on the budget, and several key panels will hold hearings on the Obama administration's fiscal 2012 proposal.

Several members of Obama's Cabinet will testify, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will also testify about the EPA's proposed budget.

A list of scheduled full committee hearings in the Senate follows:

Senate Agriculture

March 3, oversight hearing on implementation of the Wall Street Reform Act

Senate Armed Services

March 1, to hear testimony on U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command as part of a review of DoD's fiscal 2012 budget request

Senate Banking

March 1, on the semiannual monetary report to Congress (Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies)

Senate Budget

March 1, on the Department of Education's FY 2012 budget request

March 2, on the Department of Energy's FY 2012 budget request

March 3, on the Department of Transportation's FY 2012 budget request

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation

March 1, on the Department of Transportation's FY 2012 budget request

March 2, on the future of American manufacturing

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

March 2, on the Department of Interior's FY 2012 budget request

March 3, on the USDA Forest Service's FY 2012 budget request

Senate Environment and Public Works

March 1, on the Federal Highway Administration's FY 2012 budget request

March 2, on the Environmental Protection Agency's FY 2012 budget request

Senate Finance

March 1, on legal and tax changes since 1986

March 2, on preventing healthcare fraud

Senate Foreign Relations

March 1, on breaking the cycle of North Korean provocations

March 2, on national security and foreign policy priorities in the FY 2012 international affairs budget

March 3, on implications of the global economy on the U.S.

Senate Health, Education, Labor Pensions

March 2, on improving employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities

Senate Judiciary

March 2, to consider judicial nominations

March 2, on helping law enforcement find missing children

Senate Rules and Administration

March 2, to mark up the omnibus budget for Senate committees

Senate Veterans' Affairs

March 2, on the Veterans' Affairs proposed FY 2012 budget