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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:15:26 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 16&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-06-16T23:47:09-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080616-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080616-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[9:30 am - <a href="http://edlabor.house.gov/committee/schedule.shtml">House Education and Labor</a> Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee Joint Hearing with the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on "Restoring America&rsquo;s Leadership Through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal"]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 9&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-06-09T08:40:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080609-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080609-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[11 am - <a href="http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=187">House Natural Resources</a> Subcommittee on Insular Affairs Oversight Hearing on the "Implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia"]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Foreign Affairs - June 04&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2008-06-04T16:00:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080604-House-Foriegn-Affairs.html#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080604-House-Foriegn-Affairs.html#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[audio stream for dial up: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.netrootsmass.net/rw_common/themes/blendit4NRM/player.swf" width="290" height="24" id="audioplayer1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.netrootsmass.net/rw_common/themes/blendit4NRM/player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;bg=0xE9E6DF&amp;leftbg=0xEEEEEE&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp; rightbg=0xCCCCCC&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp; righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp; border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xCCCCCC&amp;soundFile=http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20080604_Guantanamo-the-Role-of-the-FBI.mp3" /> <param name="quality" value="low" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object>]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20080604_Guantanamo-the-Role-of-the-FBI.mp3" length="38451282" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Senate Commerce - June 03&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2008-06-04T15:59:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080603-Senate-Commerce.html#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080603-Senate-Commerce.html#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[audio stream for dial up: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.netrootsmass.net/rw_common/themes/blendit4NRM/player.swf" width="290" height="24" id="audioplayer1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.netrootsmass.net/rw_common/themes/blendit4NRM/player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&amp;bg=0xE9E6DF&amp;leftbg=0xEEEEEE&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp; rightbg=0xCCCCCC&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp; righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp; border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xCCCCCC&amp;soundFile=http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20080603_Energy-Market-Manipulation-and-Federal-Enforcement-Regimes.mp3" /> <param name="quality" value="low" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object>]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20080603_Energy-Market-Manipulation-and-Federal-Enforcement%20Regimes.mp3" length="49314529" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 2&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-06-03T08:55:29-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080602-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080602-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10:30 am - <a href="http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=999">House Foreign Affairs</a> Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight and <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=448">House Judiciary</a> Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Joint Hearing on: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria Joint Oversight Hearing: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria Witnesses: The Honorable Richard L.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - May 19&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-05-19T16:46:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080519-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080519-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10:30 am - <a href="http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080520a.html">Senate Foreign Relations</a> To hold 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.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - May 12&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-05-12T16:43:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080512-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080512-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[3 pm - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=ad3cffc2-8768-4952-8cfb-2f62188f39c8">Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee To hold an oversight hearing to examine the National Archives, focusing on protecting our nation&rsquo;s history for future generations.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Judiciary - May 09&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2008-05-09T03:15:29-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080509-House-Judiciary-Sands.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080509-House-Judiciary-Sands.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Witnesses: Philippe Sands, QC, Professor of Law, University College London, Barrister, Matrix Chambers Marjorie Cohn, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, President, National Lawyers Guild David B.]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20080506-From_the_DOJ_to_Guantanamo_Bay.mp3" length="51034194" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - May 5&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-05-05T14:22:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080505-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080505-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable George Gray, PhD., Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA Panel 2 Dr. Francesca Grifo, Senior Scientist, Director, Scientific Integrity Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Dr. Paul Gilman, Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta Energy Corporation Dr. David Michaels PhD, MPH, Research Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University Panel 3 Dr. George Thurston ScD., Professor of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine Dr. Roger McClellan, Private Advisor, Toxicology and Human Health Risk Analysis Dr. Lorenz Rhomberg, Principal, Gradient Corporation Dr. John Balbus, Chief Health Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - April 28&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-04-28T10:44:04-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080428-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080428-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[9:30 am - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=c8bd6312-5714-4a1c-8f25-eef90c611a44">Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the REAL ID Act and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, focusing on the impact of implementation Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable Stewart A.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - April 21&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-04-21T14:14:35-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080421-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080421-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2 pm - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=99722656-72ca-476f-a156-ae6c8102d792">Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine reforming export licensing agencies for national security and economic interests, focusing on the structure of the Federal government's agencies that are responsible for licensing controlled exports, the process in place for licensing, how the structures help or hinder their decision making for licenses, human capital challenges of the export control bureaucracy, and the recommendations for improving the export control processes and personal.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - April 14&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-04-14T13:38:22-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080414-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080414-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2:30 pm - <a href="http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080415p.html">Senate Foreign Relations</a> To hold hearings to examine protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (the "Geneva Protocol III"), adopted at Geneva on December 8, 2005, and signed by the United States on that date; the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (the "CCW Amendment"); and the CCW Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (the "CCW Protocol V") (Treaty Doc.109-10), the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the Convention) and, for accession, The Hague Protocol, concluded on May 14, 1954, and entered into force on August 7, 1956 with accompanying report from the Department of State (Treaty Doc.106-01), and protocols to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: the amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II orthe Amended Mines Protocol); the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III orthe Incendiary Weapons Protocol); and the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) (Treaty Doc.105-01).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Appropriations - Apr 10&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T17:38:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080410-Senate-Appropriations-Mukasey.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080410-Senate-Appropriations-Mukasey.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The terrorism watch list, the pre-9/11 AQ <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/04/doj/index.html">phone call</a> from Afghanistan that <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/08/hamilton/index.html">AG Mukasey described</a> in the Q&A period of his March 27th talk and other matters of some (I hope) interest were also discussed.]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20080410-Senate-Appropriations.mp3" length="22345155" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - April 7&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-04-07T12:38:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080407-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080407-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[9:30 am - <a href="http://appropriations.senate.gov/index.cfm">Senate Appropriations</a> Energy and Water Development (Chairman Dorgan) To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of the Interior.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Need Input.....</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-02-24T14:42:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080224-Need_Input.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080224-Need_Input.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If attention returns to the hearings, or I have misjudged the level of interest, I will be happy to resume the weekly list - at least until there is an official and/or automated weekly (or better yet, monthly) list of Congressional Committee hearings.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Feb 04&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-02-06T06:32:05-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080204-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080204-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[9:30 am - <a href="http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1601">Senate Energy and Natural Resources</a> To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Jan 13&#x2c; 2008</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2008-01-14T08:55:26-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080113-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20080113-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[*Monday note: i'm making calls on FISA today, list back hopefully tomorrow.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Christmas Miracle&#x2c; 1776</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-12-25T20:58:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071225-Christmas_Miracle_1776.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071225-Christmas_Miracle_1776.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's a story Scott Horton (Harper's) <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-horton/a-tale-of-two-georges_b_41091.html">has told before</a>, although I did not realize that it begins on Christmas Day, 1776, with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton">Battle of Trenton</a>.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Dec 17&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-12-17T09:13:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071217-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071217-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1924">Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation</a> Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Subcommittee To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, focusing on truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules and truck safety.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Dec 10&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-12-09T23:43:30-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071210-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071210-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_12_13/2007_12_13.html">Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions</a> Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions to examine the National Labor Relations Board, focusing on decisions and their impact on worker's rights.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on FISA</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-12-09T09:11:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071207-Sheldon_Whitehouse-FISA.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071207-Sheldon_Whitehouse-FISA.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Does this administration agree that it is emphatically the province and the duty of the judicial department to say what the President&rsquo;s authority is under Article II?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Dec 3&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-12-02T21:39:24-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071203-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071203-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://judiciary.senate.gov/meeting_notice.cfm?id=3049">Senate Judiciary</a> Business meeting to consider: S.352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007; S.344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings: S.1638, Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007; S.1829, Protect Our Children First Act of 2007; S.431, Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007; S.2344, Internet Safety Education Act of 2007; Nomination of Ronald Jay Tenpas to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congress Contacts - Representatives&#x27; vCards</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-12-02T20:50:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/Congress_Contacts_Representatives_vCards.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/Congress_Contacts_Representatives_vCards.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE (5/29/08): tw3k has done some conversions: <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/House-gmail_v1.csv">US House gmail csv v1.0</a> <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/House-outlook_v1.csv">US House outlook csv v1.0</a> <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/House-vCard_v1.vcf">US House vCard vcf v1.0</a> thanks tw3k!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congress Contacts - Senators&#x27; vCards</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-11-14T17:00:46-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/Congress_Contacts_Senators_vCards.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/Congress_Contacts_Senators_vCards.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[UPDATE (5/20/08): tw3k has done some conversions: <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/Senate-gmail_v1.csv">US Senate gmail csv v1.0</a> <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/Senate-outlook_v1.csv">US Senate outlook csv v1.0</a> <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Tools/Senate-vCard_v1.vcf">US Senate vCard vcf v1.0</a> thanks tw3k!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Nov 13&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-11-13T08:49:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071113-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071113-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=507">Senate Homeland Security</a> Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the national level of preparedness of the United States to respond following an radiological dispersion device (RDD) or &ldquo;dirty bomb&rdquo; attack, focusing on the coordination with and capabilities of federal, state, and local governments to work together.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - Nov 08&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-11-08T14:56:19-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071108-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071108-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nance, Anti-terrorism/Counter-terrorism Intelligence Specialist, Former SERE Instructor Steven Kleinman, Colonel, USAFR, Intelligence & National Security Specialist, Senior Intelligence Officer/Military Interrogator Amrit Singh, Staff Attorney at the ACLU]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071108-Torture.mp3" length="40454062" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Nov 5&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-11-04T16:11:03-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071105-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071105-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[3 pm - <a href="http://www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=ContentRecords.ViewDetail&ContentType=V&ContentRecord_id=21">Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</a> To hold hearings to examine the twenty-first century security in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, focusing on challenges among member states, protracted and unresolved conflicts, shifting political and military alliances, while still confronting the threat of terrorism.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Judiciary Committee - Oct 31&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-10-31T10:40:58-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071031-Senate_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071031-Senate_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To examine Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments, focusing on ways to protect Americans' security and privacy while preserving the rule of law and government accountability]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/200710031-FISA.mp3" length="49408901" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - Oct 30&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-10-30T13:48:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071030-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071030-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[part 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071030-Voting_Section_of_the_Civil_Rights_Division_of_the_DoJ-pt1.mp3">Podcast</a>, 28.4MB mp3 part 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071030-Voting_Section_of_the_Civil_Rights_Division_of_the_DoJ-pt2.mp3">Podcast</a>, 18.5MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071030-Voting_Section_of_the_Civil_Rights_Division_of_the_DoJ-pt1.mp3" length="29800530" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Oct 29&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-10-27T10:10:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071029-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071029-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[334, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming cooperation between the peoples of Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, with Annexes, done at Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the &ldquo;Convention&rdquo;), and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, with Annex, adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 (the Agreement&rdquo;), and signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on July 29, 1994 (Treaty Doc.103-39), Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and accompanying Protocol, signed on November 27, 2006, at Brussels (the &ldquo;proposed Treaty&rdquo;) (Treaty Doc.110-03), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income signed at Copenhagen May 2, 2006 (the &ldquo;Protocol&rdquo;) (Treaty Doc.109-19), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, signed at Helsinki May 31, 2006 (the &ldquo;Protocol&rdquo;) (Treaty Doc.109-18), and Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other Taxes, Signed on August 29, 1989, signed at Berlin June 1, 2006 (the &ldquo;Protocol&rdquo;), along with a related Joint Declaration (Treaty Doc.109-20).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Oct 22&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-10-21T08:20:04-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071022-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071022-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2:30 pm - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=496">Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine single audits, focusing on a recent study on the potential impacts that implementing certain recommendations could have to help ensure that federal funds are safeguarded.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressmember Holt on FISA legislation</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-10-18T18:18:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071017-Rush_Holt_FISA-2.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071017-Rush_Holt_FISA-2.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l4GIzUFPfhM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l4GIzUFPfhM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Oct 15&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-10-15T08:38:59-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071015-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071015-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2 pm - <a href="http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=911">House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight</a> and <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=384">House Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties </a> Joint Oversight Hearing: Rendition to Torture: The Case of Maher Arar Witnesses: Panel 1: Mr. Maher Arar, Via videoconference Kent Roach, Esq., Prichard-Wilson Chair, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Via videoconference Panel 2: Mr. Daniel Benjamin, Director, Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution David D.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressmember Holt on FISA legislation</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>other</category><dc:date>2007-10-11T13:19:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071011-Rush_Holt_FISA.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071011-Rush_Holt_FISA.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10/09/07 press release: HOLT STATEMENT ON INTRODUCTION OF HIS "FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2007 (rtf)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - Oct 10&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-10-10T15:22:41-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071010-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071010-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[part 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071010-Markup_Hearing_FISA_H.R.3773_pt1">Podcast</a>, 30.0MB mp3 part 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071010-Markup_Hearing_FISA_H.R.3773_pt2">Podcast</a>, 8.1MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071010-Markup_Hearing_FISA_H.R.3773_pt1" length="31457280" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Oct 8&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-10-07T11:22:16-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071008-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071008-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://oversight.house.gov/schedule.asp">House Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs</a> Hearing: Six Years Later - Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post 9/11 World]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Oct 2&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-10-02T15:58:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071002-House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071002-House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[panel 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071002-Private_Security_Contracting_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan_pt1.mp3">Podcast</a>, 60.1MB mp3 panel 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071002-Private_Security_Contracting_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan_pt2.mp3">Podcast</a>, 21.2MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20071002-Private_Security_Contracting_in_Iraq_and_Afghanistan_pt1.mp3" length="62966989" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Oct 2&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-10-02T12:12:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071002-Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071002-Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20071002-Preserving_the_Rule_of_Law_in_the_Fight_Against_Terrorism.mp3">Podcast</a>, 39.1MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20071002-Preserving_the_Rule_of_Law_in_the_Fight_Against_Terrorism.mp3" length="40957379" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Oct 1&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-09-30T21:58:37-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071001-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20071001-Congressional_Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=485">Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee</a> To hold hearings to examine the National Capitol for pandemic preparedness.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Appropriations Committee - Sept 26&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-27T05:21:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070926-Senate_Appropriations_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070926-Senate_Appropriations_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070926-Fiscal_Year_2008_Defense_Supplemental.mp3">Podcast</a>, 63.5MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070926-Fiscal_Year_2008_Defense_Supplemental.mp3" length="66584576" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Senate Committee on Rules &#x26; Administration - Sept 26&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-26T10:58:57-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070926-Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070926-Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070926-Executive_Business_Meeting.mp3">Podcast</a>,14.3MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070926-Executive_Business_Meeting.mp3" length="14994636" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Sept 25&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-25T13:00:40-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070925-Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070925-Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[panel 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070925-Strengthening_FISA_panel1.mp3">Podcast</a>, 48.1MB mp3 panel 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070925-Strengthening_FISA_panel2.mp3">Podcast</a>, 13.8MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070925-Strengthening_FISA_panel1.mp3" length="50436505" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Sept 24&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-09-23T10:09:11-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070924-Congressional_Hearings_for_the_week.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070924-Congressional_Hearings_for_the_week.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=483">Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the role of Federal Executive Boards in pandemic preparedness.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Democratic Policy Committee - Sept 21&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-21T13:25:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070921-Democratic_Policy_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070921-Democratic_Policy_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Witnesses: Panel 2 Bunnatine Greenhouse, Former Top-Ranking Civilian Contracting Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Robert Isakson, Former Coalition Provisional Authority Contractor Stephen Kohn, Executive Director, National Whistleblower Center Alan Grayson, Attorney, Grayson & Kubli]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearing/20070921-The_Lack_of_Accountability_in_Private_Security_and_Reconstruction_Contracting_in_Iraq.mp3" length="49912218" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Joint Economic Committee - Sept 19&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-19T19:45:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070917-Joint_Economic_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070917-Joint_Economic_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070919-Subprime_Lending_Market.mp3">Podcast</a>, 41.3MB mp3 (note: charts & figures in artwork field)]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070919-Subprime_Lending_Market.mp3" length="43306189" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - Sept 18&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-18T17:32:04-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070918-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070918-House_Judiciary_Committee.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[part 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20070918_FISA-pt1.mp3">Podcast</a>, 50.5MB mp3 part 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20070918_FISA-pt2.mp3">Podcast</a>, 17.4MB mp3]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20070918_FISA-pt1.mp3" length="52953088" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Sept 17&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-09-16T23:18:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070917%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070917%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[FISA: Tuesday, 10 am - <a href="http://intelligence.house.gov/EventsItem.aspx?id=254">House Intelligence</a> Full Committee Hearing &ndash; FISA with Jim Dempsey, Jim Baker, and Kate Martin Tuesday, 11 am - <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=370">House Judiciary</a> Hearing on Warrantless Surveillance and the FISA: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans&rsquo; Privacy Rights (Part II) with Mike McConnell and Kenneth Wainstein Thursday, 9 am - <a href="http://intelligence.house.gov/EventsItem.aspx?id=256">House Intelligence</a> Full Committee Hearing &ndash; FISA with the DNI]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Sept 10&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-09-09T07:54:34-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070910%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070910%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[1678, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under the Patent Law Treaty (the &ldquo;Treaty&rdquo;), done at Geneva on June 1, 2000, between the Governments of 53 countries including the United States of America (Treaty Doc.109-12), the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the &ldquo;Agreement&rdquo;), adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999, and signed by the United States on July 6, 1999 (Treaty Doc.109-21), the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc.110-2), Protocol to the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8), and the nominations of Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Harry K.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - Sept 5&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-09-05T14:28:34-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070905%20-%20House%20Judiciary%20Committee.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070905%20-%20House%20Judiciary%20Committee.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are a copyright holder and object to any material posted here, please contact us to have it removed.]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/House_Committee_Hearings/20070905-FISA.mp3" length="65536000" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - Sept 4&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-09-04T08:11:06-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070904%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070904%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://armed-services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=2910">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> To hold hearings to examine a report on the findings of the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Recess Congressional Hearings - August 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-08-15T08:13:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/200708%20-%20Recess%20Congressional%20Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/200708%20-%20Recess%20Congressional%20Hearings.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[2:30 pm - <a href="http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2907">Senate Judicary</a> "Return of subpoenas regarding the legal justifications for the President&rsquo;s warrantless wiretapping program from 2001 to 2007"]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Update from Carl Malamud</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-08-13T08:32:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070813%20-%20Update%20from%20Carl%20Malamud.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070813%20-%20Update%20from%20Carl%20Malamud.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>By the end of the 110th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives could achieve the goal of providing broadcast-quality video of all hearings and the floor for download on the Internet.</blockquote> Carl reports tremendous progress has been made and that a "recommendation to adopt that goal is currently awaiting action from the Office of the Speaker and the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration."]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - July 30&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-07-30T13:10:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070730%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070730%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wednesday, August 1 at 10 am - <a href="http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1415">House Oversight and Government Reform</a> Hearing on The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew Witnesses: Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Myers, Gen. Abizaid, Gen. Brown, Lt. Gen. Kensinger, Lt. Gen. McChrystal]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Committee on the Judiciary - July 24&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-07-24T10:59:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070724%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20the%20Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070724%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20the%20Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are a copyright holder and object to any material posted here, please contact us to have it removed.]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070723-DOJ_Oversight.mp3" length="79618376" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - July 23&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-07-22T18:08:06-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070723%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070723%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_07_25_E/2007_07_25_E.html">Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</a> Business meeting to consider S.625, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S.1183, to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, S.579, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer, S.898, to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention, an original bill entitled, &ldquo;Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007&rdquo;, and the nominations of Diane Auer Jones, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, David C.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - July 19&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-07-19T13:44:32-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070719%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Energy%20and%20Natural%20Resources.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070719%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Energy%20and%20Natural%20Resources.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands <a href="http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1640">Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a> - July 19, 2007]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070719-Commonwealth_of_the_Northern_Mariana.mp3" length="31593595" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - July 16&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-07-16T06:07:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070716%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070716%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Business meeting to consider S.625, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, S.1183, to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, S.1551, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and S.579, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factor11s that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer, and other pending calendar business.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>House Judiciary Committee - July 11&#x2c; 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2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-07-09T06:59:58-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070709%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070709%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am - <a href="http://help.senate.gov/Hearings/2007_07_12/2007_07_12.html">Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</a> To hold hearings to examine the nomination of <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/29/holsinger-confirmation-hearing-set-for-july-12/">James W.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 25&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-06-25T07:00:53-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070625%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070625%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[10 am <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml">Committee on Energy and Commerce </a> The Committee will consider the following Committee prints related to energy legislation that were approved by the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality: #1, To promote greater energy efficiency; #2, To facilitate the transition to a smart electricity grid; #3, To clarify the amount of loans to be guaranteed under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; #4, To promote the development of renewable fuels infrastructure; #5, To promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components; and #6, To enhance availability of energy information.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Intelligence Committee - June 20&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-06-20T19:31:32-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070620%20-%20Senate%20Intelligence%20Committee.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070620%20-%20Senate%20Intelligence%20Committee.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070619-Nomination_of_John_Rizzo_to_be_CIA_General_Counsel.mp3">Podcast</a>, 28 MB]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070619-Nomination_of_John_Rizzo_to_be_CIA_General_Counsel.mp3" length="29894902" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 18&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-06-18T07:02:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070618%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070618%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[if the committee is doing it's job Rizzo will be questioned <i>very</i> closely on his knowledge and responsibility for the creation and current status of our programs of redition, torture, investigating journalists who report on this issues, and more (background: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901585_pf.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A49647-2004Dec8?language=printer">here</a>, <a href="http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/8643">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/07/ma_445_01.html">here</a>).]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings - June 11&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>weekly schedules</category><dc:date>2007-06-11T07:03:26-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070611%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070611%20-%20Congressional%20Hearings%20for%20the%20week.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2007</b> 10 am <a href="http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1337">House Oversight and Government Reform</a> to examine statements made by GSA Administrator Lurita Doan that impugn the reputation of federal officials who cooperated with a Committee investigation into Ms. Doan's conduct at the General Services Administration.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Senate Committee on the Judiciary - June 5&#x2c; 2007</title><dc:creator>selise</dc:creator><category>audio files</category><dc:date>2007-06-05T19:25:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070605%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20the%20Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.netrootsmass.net/Congressional_Hearings/files/20070605%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20the%20Judiciary.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Schlozman, Todd Graves part 1 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070605-Preserving_Prosecutorial_Independence-pt1.mp3">Podcast</a>, 24 MB (Schlozman testimony) part 2 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070605-Preserving_Prosecutorial_Independence-pt2.mp3">Podcast</a>, 12 MB (Schlozman testimony) part 3 - <a href="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070605-Preserving_Prosecutorial_Independence-pt3.mp3">Podcast</a>, 12 MB (Graves testimony)]]></content:encoded><enclosure url="http://www.netrootsmass.net/extras/Senate_Committee_Hearings/20070605-Preserving_Prosecutorial_Independence-pt1.mp3" length="24861737" type="audio/mpeg"/></item><item><title>Congressional House Hearings - June 4&#x2c; 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