Tuesday was a big day for agenda setting across the political spectrum and CQ Roll Call has a litle rundown of the opening discussions that will shape the next few months of policy wrangling.

Expecting this to be the year that a comprehensive immigration bill gets passed, Senator Leahy turned down the chance to chair the Appropriations committee to stay as chair of the Judiciary committee. On the House side, Boehner and Cantor are urging colleagues to not kill a key component of the party's rebranding strategy - again.

Leahy attempted to set the tone as Senators left for a two-day strategy retreat by offering up to the House (again) a softball of an exercise in cooperation between the two chambers:

On a quick voice vote [unanimous consent] and without any real debate, the Senate last night passed Leahy’s bill to... fortify a roster of embassies with new Marine posts and other security measures.