Categories
Join Us At:
|
This Week on the Hill, July 7-11, 2008Hope you all had a great holiday weekend. We know we enjoyed the all-too-brief breather we got here in D.C. during congressional recess. But we’re rested, we’re ready, and we’re back, baby. This week we’re gearing up for what feels like FISA Fight: Part 73,494. Once again, FISA’s on tap for a Senate floor vote this week. No, for real this time. As always, keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change. Tuesday, July 8 FISA The Senate will take up FISA. The tentative schedule has it slated for debate beginning Tuesday, with a vote anticipated Wednesday. To follow the action live, the Senate floor debate will be broadcast on C-SPAN. House Republican Policy Committee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) will hold a panel discussion titled "Immigration Enforcement: In the absence of a coherent immigration policy, what are we to do?" Wednesday, July 9 Government Oversight The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice.” Attorney General Michael Mukasey will be testifying. Testimony and member statements may be added to the committee website as they become available. Privacy The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing to examine the privacy implications of online advertising. The hearing will be aired live at 10:00am on CapitalHearings.org. Immigration Thursday, July 10 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) Reauthorization The Senate Judiciary Committee may mark up S. 3155, a bill to reauthorize and improve the JJDPA. (Update: Postponed to Thursday, July 17.) National Security Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled “Violent Islamist Extremism and Efforts to Counter It.” This hearing will be webcast live at 9:30am. CORRECTION: A previous version of this post listed the Immigration Enforcement hearing for Wednesday, July 9. The hearing took place on Tuesday, July 8.
Tags: Civil Liberties News |
|
|
© ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 |
One important law in that regard is the prohibition on politically partisan activity. Given our nonprofit status, we may not endorse or oppose candidates for elective office. That means we cannot host comments on our site that show a preference for one candidate or party. Although we in no way wish to discourage you from that activity elsewhere, we ask that you not engage in that activity on our website (or include links to other websites that do so). Additionally, given that we are subject to very specific rules concerning the collection of personally identifying information through our website (names, email addresses, home address, financial information, etc.), we ask that you not use the comments portion of this blog to solicit this information from users of our website. We also ask that you not use the comments portion for advertising or requests for legal assistance, and do not add to your comment links to other websites, as we cannot be responsible for the content on other websites.
We are not able to respond to unsolicited inquiries, complaints or requests for assistance sent to this blog. Please direct your complaint or request for assistance to the ACLU affiliate in your state. Requests for legal assistance left in the blog comments will not receive a response or be published.
Finally, the ACLU cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information in the comment section and expressly disclaims any liability for any information in this section.