Senate Appropriations Committee - Sept 26, 2007


To examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the President's supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Senate Appropriations Committee - Sept 26, 2007

Hearing chaired by Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator, D-WV

Witnesses:
Peter Pace, oint Chiefs of Staff
Robert M. Gates, Secretary, Department of Defense
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary, Department of State

Podcast, 63.5MB mp3



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Senate Committee on Rules & Administration - Sept 26, 2007


Business meeting to consider nominations for FEC

Senate Committee on Rules & Administration - Sept 26, 2007

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert Charles Tapella, of Virginia, to be Public Printer, Steven T. Walther, of Nevada,
Hans von Spakovsky, of Georgia, David M. Mason, of Virginia, and Robert D. Lenhard, of Maryland, all to be a Members of the Federal Election Commission.

Podcast,14.3MB mp3



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Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Sept 25, 2007


Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans' Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?

Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Sept 25, 2007

Witnesses:
Panel 1:
J. Michael McConnell , Director of National Intelligence

Panel 2:
James A. Baker, Formerly Counsel for Intelligence Policy, DOJ
James X. Dempsey , Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
Suzanne E. Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
Bryan Cunningham, Principal, Morgan & Cunningham LLC

panel 1 - Podcast, 48.1MB mp3
panel 2 - Podcast, 13.8MB mp3



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Congressional Hearings - Sept 24, 2007

will update as needed. please leave a comment with corrections and additions. thx.

It's a very busy week - lots of hearings in Congress. Here's my short list:

Tuesday, 9:30 am - Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, focusing on housing needs in the Gulf Coast.

Tuesday, 9:30 am - Senate Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine streghtening the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Wednesday, 10 am - House Armed Services
Mark up of
H.R. 2826, to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Wednesday, 2 pm - Senate Appropriations
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the President's supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thursday, 10 am - House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East & South Asia
Oversight Hearing: Iran Sanctions and Regional Security

Thursday, 10 am - House Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing on Assessing the State of Iraqi Corruption


Please click the link to see the full list, including hearings on pandemic preparedness, gulf war illnesses, the mortgage mess and subprime credit markets, walter reed, national security implications of climate change, sunshine in the courtroom, civil rights division of the DOJ, and much more Read More...
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