Congressional Activities: Week of 4/7/08
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: On Thursday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) held a hearing on “War Powers for the 21st Century: The Constitutional Perspective.”
Monday, Apr. 7, 2008
- House Committee on Science and Technology hearing: “Remote Sensing Data: Applications and Benefits.”
Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2008
- Senate Committee on Judiciary (Constitution Subcommittee) hearings to examine the adequacy of representation in capital cases.
Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2008
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights Subcommittee) hearings to examine closing legal loopholes, focusing on sexual assaults and other violent crimes committed overseas by American civilians in a combat environment.
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearings to examine S. 1870, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States.
- Senate Committee on Appropriations (Defense Subcommittee) closed hearings to examine cyber warfare programs.
Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008
- Senate Committee on Finance hearings to examine identity theft.
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) hearing: “War Powers for the 21st Century: The Constitutional Perspective.”
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