Barack O'Clock: Firing Up Energy Reform, Meeting With King Abdullah

It's a parade of VIPs through the White House on Tuesday as President Obama plays host to a number of senators and reps throughout the day, with a mid-day break to chat with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Let's hope the prez is well hydrated and eats a nutritional breakfast -- he's gonna need the energy.

Here's what's on deck:

9:30a.m. -- The president receives the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office.

10:00 a.m. -- Receives the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office with Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke

10:50 a.m. -- Meets with a bipartisan group of senators in the Cabinet Room to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year, also known as "Circling the [Democratic] wagons" or "Sizing up the competition."

Expected participants: Sens Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.., John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and George Voinovich (R-Ohio).

12:00 p.m. -- Obama receives a briefing on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Oval Office.

1:05 p.m. -- The president has a working lunch with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in the Old Family Dining Room. (Still unclear how well gazpacho plays in the Mideast).

2:10 p.m. -- Obama holds a meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office.

2:30 p.m. -- Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

3:40 p.m. -- The president meets with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the State Dining Room.

Expected participants: Reps Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas), John Salazar (D-Colo.), Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), Joe Baca (D-Calif.), Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas), Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.), Pedro Pierluisi (D-P.R.), Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), José Serrano (D-N.Y.), Albio Sires (D-N.J.).