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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 ways to respond to the growing need for federal judgeships.
• On Wednesday, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on “Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules.”
  
• This Thursday, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a joint hearing on H.R. 4854, the False Claims Act Correction Act.
  

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Senate Committee on Armed Services hearings to examine the origins of aggressive interrogation techniques, focusing on Part I of the Committee’s inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine protecting consumers by protecting intellectual property.

House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Ensuring Legal Redress for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearings to examine ways to respond to the growing need for federal judgeships, focusing on the Federal Judgeship Act of 2008.

Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearings to examine combating sexual exploitation of children, focusing on strengthening international law enforcement cooperation.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs) hearing on Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan.

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearings to examine privacy implications of online advertising.

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine protecting personal information, focusing on steps the federal government has in place.

Senate Special Committee on Aging and Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights) joint hearings to examine S. 2838 to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect arbitration.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties) hearing entitled From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part II.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence briefing on Human Rights First.

House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property) joint hearing on H.R. 4854, the False Claims Act Correction Act.

Friday, June 20, 2008

House Committee on the Judiciary hearing on revelations by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.