The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will be holding a hearing on the Sirius-XM merger.

With the intriguing title of "XM Sirius" the hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 10am in room SR - 253. A webcast of the hearing will be announced soon.

No witnesses are available yet, but this is listed as a "Full Committee" hearing. The committee is chaired by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI), with Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) being the Vice Chairman. Committee members includes Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) among others.

This will be the fourth Capitol Hill hearing on the Sirius-XM merger.

[XM Sirius Hearing]