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Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
Senate committees are divided, according to relative importance, into three categories: Class A, Class B, and Class C. In general, individual Senators are limited to service on two Class A committees and one Class B committee. Assignment to Class C committees is made without reference to a member's service on any other panels. [17]
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee grilled former Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara Hill on tribal sovereignty issues at a hearing Wednesday for Hill, nominated to serve as a U ...
June 23, 2023: Incumbent – 36 Rachel Bloomekatz: Sixth: May 25, 2022 [Rn 3] July 18, 2023: 50–48 [A 36] July 20, 2023: Incumbent – 37 Ana de Alba: Ninth: April 17, 2023: November 13, 2023: 48–43 [A 37] November 15, 2023: Incumbent – 38 Irma Carrillo Ramirez: Fifth: April 17, 2023: December 4, 2023: 80–12 [A 38] December 8, 2023 ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said Wednesday evening that he plans to have votes on subpoenas for two major conservative players when the panel meets Thursday morning as part of ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning is slated to hold a hearing where they will begin marking up legislation on Supreme Court ethics guidelines. The panel will consider legislation ...
On September 6, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [10] During his confirmation hearing, he was questioned by Senator Marsha Blackburn over a case that he presided in 2019. [11] On September 28, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–5 vote.