Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of 2/10/08

Here is a comprehensive list of the House and Senate schedule and hearings. The following links are to the daily calendars for the House and Senate. Here is the weekly House whip information (majority/minority) and the Senate floor schedule.

Of note:

• A House Armed Services Committee subcommittee hearing examining the impact of the presidential signing statement on the Department of Defense’s implementation of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. See this ACS Issue Brief and index of signing statements.
• The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration will look at issues relative to in-person voter fraud and voter disenfranchisement. ACS hosted panel discussions on voting, available here and here.
• The Senate Committee on Judiciary will consider the state secrets privilege, mortgages in bankruptcy, the False Claims Act, and a federal judicial nomination. See these ACS resources on the proper role of the Department of Justice. ACSBlog has more on the state secrets privilege.
• A House Committee on Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hold a hearing on war powers for the 21st century. See two law journal articles on war powers, emanating from an ACS sponsored symposium,  available here and here.

Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2008

Senate Committee on Judiciary hearing to examine the nomination of Grace C. Becker, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives) hearing on Privacy: The Use of Commercial Information Resellers by Federal Agencies.

House Armed Services Committee (Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee) hearing on the impact of the Presidential signing statement on the Department of Defense’s implementation of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act.

House Judiciary Committee (Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security) hearing on Department of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Operations.

Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2008

Senate Committee on Judiciary hearing will examine S. 2291, to enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style of Government documents issued to the public.

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearing to examine issues relative to in-person voter fraud and voter disenfranchisement.

Thursday, Mar. 13, 2008

Senate Committee on Judiciary business meeting to consider S. 2136, to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, S. 2133, to authorize bankruptcy courts to take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in bankruptcy, S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, S. 2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege and the nominations of Catharina Haynes, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and Rebecca A. Gregory, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.

House Committee on Financial Services (Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee) hearing on the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: Providing New Protections for Consumers.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) hearing on War Powers for the 21st Century: The Congressional Perspective

Full post as published by ACS Blog on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).