WEEKLY OUTLOOKPRESENTATION CENTER This Week in Congress: Senate On Recess; With House Recess Looming, House Vote Expected on Budget or Puerto Rico Aid Outlook, Week of March 21, 2016: Senate on Recess; House Recess Looms March 21, 2016 | Alexander Perry Sources: National Journal Staff, “Outlook: Recess Looms, Budget Vote Doesn’t,” National Journal, March 20, 2016; Will Dobbs-Allsopp, “The Coming Week: House Drags Feet on Budget, Puerto Rico,” Morning Consult, March 18, *This schedule was updated on Monday, March 21, It is not exhaustive and is subject to change Monday, March 21 Also this week: Tuesday, March 22 Wednesday, March 23 Thursday, March 24 Easter Recess Begins: The House plans to begin its two-and-a-half week recess, will return April 11 Primary Votes: Arizona, Utah, and Idaho (Dems) will hold primary contests on Tuesday Senate will return from recess on April 4 Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: EPA, Department of Education, SEC, DEA Armed Services Committee Hearing: FY17 National Defense Authorization Budget Request, with Secy. Of Defense Ash Carter Energy and Commerce Hearings: FY17 EPA Budget, with EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy; Oversight of FCC Homeland Security Committee Hearing: the Role of Cyber Insurance in Risk Management Oversight and Government Reform Hearing: America’s Heroin and Opioid Abuse Epidemic Science Committee Hearing: FY17 Department of Energy Budget Request, with Secy. of Energy Ernest Moniz Small Business Committee Hearing: Lip Service but Little Else: Failure of the Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credit Appropriations Committee Budget Hearings: Smithsonian Institution, CDC Oversight and Government Reform Hearings: Examining the Bureau of Land Management Public Lands Leasing; National Security: Threats at Our Borders Science Committee Hearing: Examining EPA’s Regional Haze Program: Regulations Without Visible Benefits Expected Vote: The SMARTER Act, a bill to change the way the federal government reviews proposed mergers and acquisitions

WEEKLY OUTLOOKPRESENTATION CENTER This Week in the White House: President Obama’s Historic Visit to Cuba, Trip to Argentina to Meet Newly Elected Macri Outlook: The White House, Week of March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 | Alexander Perry Sources: National Journal Staff, “Outlook: Recess Looms, Budget Vote Doesn’t,” National Journal, March 20, 2016; Tim Padgett, “White House Lays Out President’s Cuba, Argentina Itinerary,” WLRN, March 16, *This schedule was updated on Monday, March 21, It is not exhaustive and is subject to change Monday, March 21 Also this week: Tuesday, March 22 The president will be in Cuba ad plans to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro to discuss the progress of normalization Still in Cuba, the president will deliver a speech a the Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso; President Obama is expected to comment on Cuba’s human rights record, among other issues, and the speech is expected to be broadcast island-wide The president will attend a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national all-star team From Havana, the president will fly to Buenos Aires to meet with recently elected President Mauricio Macri, marking the first bilateral visit by a US President in nearly 20 years President Obama will return to Washington late on Thursday