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09 December 2007
Congressional Hearings - Dec 10, 2007
12/09/2007 23:43 Filed in: weekly schedules
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Here are a few picks of open hearings for the week (see complete list):
*** postponed? Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Appropriations
Hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Witness: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
Hearing to examine the legal rights of Guantanamo detainees, focusing on what they are, should they be changed, and is there an end in sight.
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Armed Services
Hearing on Security and Stability in Afghanistan: Status of U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead. Witnesses: Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, DoD; Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wednesday, 9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation
Thursday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to I. consider Resolutions of Contempt and II. examine S. 2402, FISA Intelligence Surveillance Substitution Act of 2007, S. 344, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 1638, and other matters.
Thursday, 10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "The National Labor Relations Board: Recent Decisions and Their Impact on Workers’ Rights"
Thursday, 10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Details and the full list with scores more hearings (on topics ranging from breast cancer to media consolidation to the Palestinians) below the fold...Read More...
Here are a few picks of open hearings for the week (see complete list):
*** postponed? Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Appropriations
Hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Witness: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
Tuesday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
Hearing to examine the legal rights of Guantanamo detainees, focusing on what they are, should they be changed, and is there an end in sight.
Tuesday, 2 pm - House Armed Services
Hearing on Security and Stability in Afghanistan: Status of U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead. Witnesses: Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, DoD; Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wednesday, 9:30 am - House Energy and Commerce
Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation
Thursday, 10 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to I. consider Resolutions of Contempt and II. examine S. 2402, FISA Intelligence Surveillance Substitution Act of 2007, S. 344, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 1638, and other matters.
Thursday, 10 am - House Education and Labor
Hearing on "The National Labor Relations Board: Recent Decisions and Their Impact on Workers’ Rights"
Thursday, 10 am - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Details and the full list with scores more hearings (on topics ranging from breast cancer to media consolidation to the Palestinians) below the fold...Read More...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on FISA
12/09/2007 09:11 Filed in: other
Press Release of Senator Whitehouse, Friday, December 7, 2007:
In FISA Speech, Whitehouse Sharply Criticizes Bush Administration's Assertion of Executive Power Read More...
