Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of July 21, 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 Thursday, the House Committee on Education and Labor will hold a full committee markup on the Paycheck Fairness Act. On Friday, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a full committee hearing on executive power and its constitutional limitations.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary full committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary full committee hearing on executive nominations, including  Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, to be Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, and William B. Carr, Jr., to be member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary full committee hearing on Courting Big Business: The Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions on Corporate Misconduct and Laws Regulating Corporations.

House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Military Personnel) hearing on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on Information Sharing: Connecting the Dots at the Federal, State, and Local Levels.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law) hearing on Immigration Raids: Postville and Beyond.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties) hearing on Lessons Learned from the 2004 Presidential Election.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary full committee hearing on Crimes Associated with Polygamy: The Need for a Coordinated State and Federal Response.

House Committee on Education and Labor full committee markup on H.R. 1338, the Paycheck Fairness Act.

House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled Financial Market Regulatory Restructuring.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on Tribal Courts and the Administration of Justice in Indian Country.

Friday, July 25, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary full committee hearing on Executive Power and its Constitutional Limitations.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on July 21, 2008 (boomark / email).