United States House Committee on the Judiciary
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Digest: $200,000 in grants linked to ACORNSanford impeachment up for consideration: South Carolina lawmakers plan to next week formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison said Friday. He said he expects to have a resolution to... In this article: Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Justice Department, Mark Sanford, Sears Tower, Chicago, Saipan, New York, University of Nebraska, and Lamar Smith |
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washingtonpost.com | 15 hours ago
Several D.C. women at the top give a quick pep talk to those who would succeed them
After the final bell rang and mentors headed off to planes and trains and children, Jennifer Lackey, 21, a Texan working with the House Judiciary Committee, said, "I feel like a deer in highlights, but maybe the lights are a little...
In this article: Dana Perino, Michelle Obama, Department of Energy, White House, Washington, D.C., and Susan Molinari
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AP Online | 23 hours ago
SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor
...consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press he is appointing an ad-hoc...
In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Unemployment, and House Judiciary Committee
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AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment
-- South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison tells The Associated Press he will gather a seven-member...
In this article: Mark Sanford, South Carolina, House Judiciary Committee, Argentina, and Associated Press
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Union seeks ouster of concussion doctor
...of brain injuries suffered by NFL players. Several members of Congress were critical of Casson's views during last month's hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on the topic. Union spokesman George Atallah told the Times that Casson is "a...
In this article: Concussion, NFL, Roger Goodell, NFL Players Association, and House Judiciary Committee
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Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status
..."is grooming the business community and the public to get into the mindset" of what is to come. Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, criticized DHS' enforcement record, saying DHS statistics show a...
In this article: DHS, Janet Napolitano, ICE, Lamar Smith, Washington, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and House Judiciary Committee
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House panel opens impeachment hearings vs. judge
...the judge. "He began to use excuses that he needed it for tuition, he needed it for living expenses," attorney Robert Creely told a House Judiciary Committee task force. "I would avoid him until I couldn't avoid him anymore ... I felt taken...
In this article: House Judiciary Committee, Allegation, Bankruptcy, FBI, and Bill Clinton
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Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now
...fugitive aliens and millions of illegal immigrants taking American jobs?" said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees immigration and border issues. Napolitano said the immigration...
In this article: Janet Napolitano, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Center for American Progress, Lamar Smith, Department of Homeland Security, Bob Menendez, and House Judiciary Committee
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U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement entities. The Senate version of the committee's most public role involves the approval process of the President's nominees to the Federal benches, including the United States Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee is also the committee responsible for impeachments of federal officials, and approved articles of impeachment against Andrew Johnson in 1868, Richard Nixon in 1974, and Bill Clinton in 1998. In the new 110th Congress the current chairman of the committee is Democrat John Conyers of Michigan, and the ranking minority member is Republican Lamar Smith of Texas.
The committee was created on June 3 1813 for the purpose of considering legislation related to the judicial system. Because of the legal nature of its oversight, committee members usually have a legal background, but it is not required.
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