Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of June 2, 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 Wednesday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay, Part III: Guantanamo—The Role of the FBI. Also on Wednesday, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold hearings to examine ways to improve the detainee policy, focusing on handling terrorism detainees within the American justice system. In addition, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing to examine problems with immigration detainee medical care.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform (Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs) hearing to examine Oversight of the State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program.

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, Part III: Guantanamo—The Role of the FBI.

House Committee on Financial Services (Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity) and the Committee on Homeland Security (Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response) joint hearing entitled Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine ways to improve the detainee policy, focusing on handling terrorism detainees within the American justice system.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives) hearing entitled Does Federal Statistical Data Adequately Serve People Living with Disabilities.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law) hearing to examine problems with immigration detainee medical care.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) hearing on H.R. 3652, the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007.

Senate Committee on Finance hearing on C, K, or S: Exploring the Alphabet Soup of Small Business Choices in Advance of Tax Reform.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) and Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties) joint hearing on U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, the Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).