Today in the Capital

With the Correspondents' Dinner hangovers almost history, Washington will take two more Advil this morning and get to work. Here's what to look for this week in the nation's capital:

*Today = Health care

President Obama brings health care stakeholders (read: groups with lobbyists and a few "real people" sprinkled in for texture) to the White House for a discussion of health care reform. The House and Senate have already begun informal hearings on reform, but with no specific bill on the table, a prescription has yet to be written for what ails the system.

*Tuesday = Paying for wars, controlling creditors

The House chamber begins debate on paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including a major fight on the future of G'mo detainees. The Senate takes up Chris Dodd's bill to crack down on Visa, Mastercard, and other credit card companies for all sorts of bad deeds. This should last all week.

*Wednesday = Schools, wars and bills

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee brings the principal of the Obama girls' school to Capitol Hill to testify on vouchers in education, while Secretary Gates, and Sec. Napolitano make the case for their budgets on the House side.

*Thursday = Middle East Peace

Former U.K. Prime Minister and Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

*Friday: Ships and tanks

Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the recently cut shipbuilding budget. Watch to see if Congress tries to protect projects built at home, even of the Pentagon says they don't want them.

That's it for now, Caps. We'll bring you a day-ahead every morning this week, so look for updates, cancellations, and anything new happening in the nation's capital.