Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of July 14, 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 Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a full committee hearing on “Putting the Fight against Terrorism on Sound Legal Foundations.” On Tuesday and Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on administration lawyers and administration interrogation rules. Additional resources are available from ACS.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

House Judiciary Committee hearing on Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part IV.

House Committee on Education and Labor hearing on whether the Department of Labor is effectively Enforcing Wage and Hour Laws.

Senate Committee on Finance hearing on International Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and American Competitiveness.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights) hearing on The Google-Yahoo Agreement and the Future of Internet Advertising.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on How the Administration’s Failed Detainee Policies Have Hurt the Fight against Terrorism: Putting the Fight against Terrorism on Sound Legal Foundations.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet) hearing on What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies.

House Committee on Ways and Means (Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support) hearing on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure.

House Judiciary Committee hearing on Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part V.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).