Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of June 9, 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 Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Coercive Interrogation Techniques, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold an oversight hearing on extraordinary rendition with the State Department’s legal advisor. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the Supreme Court’s treatment of laws that protect Americans health, safety, jobs, and retirement, and also hold a hearing on judicial nominees.

Monday, June 9, 2008

House Committee on Education and Labor (Workforce Protections Subcommittee) hearing on Family-Friendly Leave Policies: Improving How Workers Balance Home and Family.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law) hearing on Electronic Employment Verification Systems: Needed Safeguards to Protect Privacy and Prevent Misuse.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Coercive Interrogation Techniques: Do They Work, Are they Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know about Them?

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Examining Grant-making Practices at the Department of Justice.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) hearing on H.R. 6126, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) oversight hearing on Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture: The Perspective of the State Department’s Legal Adviser.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) oversight hearing on Release and Review of the Subcommittee Report: The Decline in America’s Reputation: Why?

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine short-change for consumers and short-shrift for Congress, focusing on the Supreme Court’s treatment of laws that protect Americans health, safety, jobs, and retirement.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property) hearing on H.R. 4789, the Performance Rights Act.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine the nominations of Paul G. Gardephe and Cathy Seibel, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Kiyo A. Matsumoto, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Senate Committee on the Judiciary business meeting to consider S. 2979, to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, S. 2892, to promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has authorized the use of military force, S. 1211, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, and the nominations of Helene N. White, of Michigan, and Raymond M. Kethledge, of Michigan, each to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials) hearing on H.R. 5533, the Chemical Facilities Act of 2008, and H.R. 5577, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties) hearing on the Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law) hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).