Good morning, Caps! The president is in Wisconsin, the First Lady is in London, the House and Senate are in session and you're about to know what's happening in Washington today...

*All day: President Obama en route to and in Wisconsin for a town hall meeting on health care reform. The event starts at 1:10 p.m. EST if you want to catch it on cable news.

*All day: The Senate debates a bill to significantly change tobacco regulations, with final vote at 2:00.

*All day: House in session debating an emergency spending bill for defense.

*10 a.m.: House Oversight Committee holds hearing on the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, where BoA CEO Ken Lewis testifies on how it all went down.

*10 a.m.: House Transportation Committee looks at regional carriers and workforce issues, namely the swing shifts pilots were working before the Continental crash in Buffalo. The heads of the FAA and NTSB will testify, as will the father of a victim of the crash.

*10 am: House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on executive compensation, featuring Gene Sperling from the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

*10:45 a.m.: Vice President Biden attends a groundbreaking for a bridge in Pennsylvania with fellow Democrats Gov. Ed Rendell and **Sen. Arlen Specter.**

2:00 p.m.: Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on North Korea "Back at the Brink?"

3:00 p.m.: Senate health committee holds hearing on health care reform with business, labor and health care leaders testifying.

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