Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of May 19, 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 Committee on the Judiciary will hold hearings to examine protecting the constitutional right to vote for all Americans. On Wednesday, the House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security) will hold an oversight hearing on the FBI Whistleblowers. On Thursday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) will hold an oversight hearing on City on the Hill or Just another Country: The United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing to examine plant closings, focusing on workers rights and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act's 20th anniversary.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine global internet freedom, focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of law.

House Committee on Education and Labor (Workforce Protections Subcommittee) hearing on ICE Workplace Raids: Their Impact on U.S. Children, Families, and Communities.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearings to examine agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003 at Washington, together with twenty-two bilateral instruments which subsequently were signed between the United States and each European Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU.

House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled Examining the Need for H.R. 2885, the Credit Monitoring Clarification Act.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) hearing on City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay: The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image, Part II.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine protecting the constitutional right to vote for all Americans.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law) hearing on Immigration Needs of America’s Fighting Men and Women.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs business meeting to consider the nomination of Paul A. Schneider to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security) oversight hearing on the FBI Whistleblowers.

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearings to examine the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, Caroline C. Hunter, and Donald F. McGahn, to be members of the Federal Election Commission.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Senate Committee on Armed Services hearings to examine the nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, and of Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National Force—Iraq.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary business meeting to consider S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, S. 1210, to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children, S. Res. 563, designating September 13, 2008 as “National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day,” and the nominations of Elisebeth C. Cook to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, William T. Lawrence to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, G. Murray Snow to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, and William W. Wilkins III to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Closing the Justice Gap: Providing Civil Legal Assistance to Low-Income Americans.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) oversight hearing on City on the Hill or Just another Country: The United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy.

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