Reports that Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee schedule a Committee mark-up of the takings legislation, H.R. 1534, due to action by Senator Patrick Leahy. What the bill would substitute; Reference to opposition to the bill from the National League of Cities; Step...
While the allegations against Kavanaugh mount, with two other women alleging similar acts of sexual assault in the early 80s, the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled its potential final vote on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court for Friday, Sept. 28 -- the day aft...
Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Monday that it would open a confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Oct. 12, making clear that an outbreak of COVID-19 will not interfere with the schedule. Republican Senator Lindsey Gra...
Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Anita Hill Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered 11 October 1991, Washington, D.C. [Contains adult language and subject matter] [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio] Ms. Hill: Mr. Chairman, ...
Bankston was a powerful state Senator from the Baton Rouge area. He served from 1988-1996. He served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The FBI says Bankston met with the owner of a video poker truck stop and discussed a plan to protect video poker businesses. Bankston was fo...
One immediate question for McConnell upon his return is whether to help Democrats temporarily replace Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee as she continues to recover in California from a case of the shingles. Democrats have become increasingly frustrated as the Democrat’s more than ...
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Democrats were in the minority during Harris' four years on Capitol Hill. Perhaps her biggest mark came as a fierce questioner of judicial nominees and other witnesses as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Harris was viewed as a future presidential candidate almost immediately upon joinin...
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee who is gunning for the same position on the House Judiciary Committee,sent lettersThursday to 32 inspectors general assuring them of his support. He also asked them to reach out if Trump or his allies make any ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up her nomination on Wednesday, but final confirmation could take a few more days or weeks. Trump’s first attorney general in his first term, Jeff Sessions, named McHenry in 2017 as acting director of the Justice Departm...