Happenings: January 8, 2024
The Senate is back in Washington and faces a mile-long to-do list—and little time to complete it.

It’s Monday, January 8th, 2023. Here’s what’s happening in Congress and across national politics today:
ON CAPITOL HILL
The House is out.
3 p.m. The Senate is in at 3:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. The Senate will vote at 5:30 p.m. to advance the nomination of John Kazen to be US District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
9:40 a.m. President Joe Biden will travel from New Castle, Delaware to Charleston, South Carolina where he arrive at 11:15 a.m.
12:30 p.m. Biden will give a campaign speech at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
4:30 p.m. The president will leave South Carolina en route to Dallas, Texas, arriving at 7:15 p.m.
8:05 p.m. Biden will pay his respects to the late Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson.
9:30 p.m. The president will depart Dallas en route to the White House, where he will arrive at 12:25 a.m.
Vice President Kamala Harris will receive briefings and hold internal staff meetings.
Harris’s week ahead:
Tuesday: The vice president will travel to Atlanta to participate in a roundtable on voting rights.
Wednesday: Harris is ceremonially swear-in Nathalie Rayes to be Ambassador to Croatia.
Thursday: The vice president will travel to Charlotte to participate in a roundtable on gun violence prevention.
All times Eastern
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