Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of May 5, 2008

Here is this week's congressional hearings schedule, with links to the daily calendars for the House and Senate, the weekly House whip information (majority/minority), and the Senate floor schedule.

Of note: on Tuesday, the House Committee on Judiciary (Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) will hold a hearing on The Rulemaking Process and the Unitary Executive Theory. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Judiciary will examine two nominations to the Sixth Circuit, and on Thursday it will consider whether to provide for the appointment of additional federal circuit and district judges.

Tuesday, May. 6, 2008

House Committee on Veteran’s AffairsFull hearing on “The Truth About Veteran Suicides.” Webcast live at 10 a.m.

Committee on Ways and Means (Subcommittee on Social Security) hearing: Employment Eligibility Verification Systems and the Potential Impacts on SSA’s Ability to Serve Retirees, People with Disabilities, and Workers.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) oversight hearing on City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image.

House Committee on Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties) hearing on “From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part I.”

House Committee on Judiciary (Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security) hearing on Federal Prison Industries - Examining the Effects of Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008.

House Committee on Judiciary (Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) hearing on The Rulemaking Process and the Unitary Executive Theory.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce  (Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet) hearing on H.R. 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008.

Senate Committee on Judiciary (Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee) hearings to examine policing lenders and protecting homeowners, focusing on the current foreclosure crisis.

Senate Committee on Intelligence hearings to examine the nomination of Michael E. Leiter, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Wednesday, May. 7, 2008

Senate Committee on Judiciary hearings to examine the nominations of Helene N. White, and Raymond M. Kethledge, both of Michigan, both to be United States Circuit Judges for the Sixth Circuit, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearings to examine International  Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

Senate Committee on Judiciary hearing: A Way Forward for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Thursday, May. 8, 2008

Senate Committee on Judiciary business meeting to consider S. 2840, to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such applications, S. 2913, to provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works, S. 2774, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges,  S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, and S. 1515, to establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence victims.

Senate Committee on Intelligence closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.

House Intelligence Committee Full Committee Mark-Up – FY09 .

Full post as published by ACS Blog on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).