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The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights held a hearing on criminal justice and policing practices after recent protests around the country in the wake of deaths of unarmed black me…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held a hearing on sexual assault on college campuses. Studies indicate that one in five women experience sexual assault while in coll…

Hearings to examine certain nominations.

Witnesses testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on S. 1721, a bill that would eliminate the “sports blackout rule” enforced by the Federal Communications Commission that allows s…

Hearings to examine the state of civil and human rights in the United States.

Hearings to examine campus sexual assault, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of law enforcement.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Joan Marie Azrack, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta Copeland Biggs, to be United States District Judge …

Witnesses testified at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on prosecution for economic espionage under the U.S. legal framework. Representatives from Boeing, Marlin Steel Wire Products, …

Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels testified at a hearing on the use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. The U.S. holds more prisoners in isolation than any other democr…

Business meeting to consider S.1690, to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007, S.2646, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and the nominations of Madeline Cox Arleo, to be…

Hearings to examine why net neutrality matters, focusing on protecting consumers and competition through meaningful open Internet rules.

Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.

Hearings to examine the nominations of Jorge Luis Alonso, and John Robert Blakey, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Amos L. Mazzant, III, and R…

Law enforcement, legal, and social work experts testified about possible changes to the Violence Against Women Act, and the law’s effectiveness in protecting women from gun violence. Topics …

Members of the U.S. House and Senate, doctors, and advocates with differing perspectives on reproductive rights testified at a hearing on the Women’s Health Protection Act (S.1696). The bill…

Hearings to examine pricing policies and competition in the contact lens industry. The subcommittee hearing “Pricing Policies and Competition in the Contact Lens Industry: Is What Yo…

Hearings to examine certain nominations.

Witnesses testified at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the threat from “botnets,” networks of infected computers that are used to carry out cyber attacks, send spam messages, stea…