• Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to tell us what she’s doing to make it easier for people to vote in America
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) president Joe Hansen was at Obama’s immigration reform speech yesterday and calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about Labor’s role in the debate
• President Barack Obama unveiled his vision for immigration reform in a speech on Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nev., telling Congress that he will send them his own bill and call for a vote if they don’t move fast.
• The National Rifle Association and gun-control advocates, including the husband of wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, are facing off today at the year’s first Senate hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence.
• The Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed one of its own—Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts—to be the next secretary of state, ending a largely noncontroversial process and kicking off what is expected to be a hotly contested special election for the seat Kerry has held since 1985.
• Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, announced on Tuesday he is stepping down.
