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Results of Executive Business Meeting - May 17, 2012

The Senate Judiciary Committee held an executive business meeting to consider pending nominations and legislation on May 17, 2012.

Agenda

I. Nominations

David Medine, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 10-8

James Xavier Dempsey, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Elisebeth Collins Cook, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Rachel L. Brand, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Patricia M. Wald, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote


II. Bills

S.2554, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2012 (Leahy, Kohl, Schumer, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Coons, Durbin, Blumenthal, Franken)
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote, One Senator Recorded As No

Substitute Amendment HEN12425 (Grassley)
Adopted By Unanimous Consent

Amendment ALB12364 (Feinstein)
Adopted By Unanimous Consent

S.2276, Officer Safety Act of 2012 (Grassley, Coons, Sessions, Coburn, Feinstein, Klobuchar)
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Substitute Amendment ALB12365 (Grassley)
Adopted By Unanimous Consent

S.2076, Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012 (Franken, Graham, Klobuchar, Cornyn, Whitehouse, Blumenthal)
Held Over

S.2370, Small Business Reorganization Efficiency and Clarity Act (Whitehouse, Grassley)
Held Over


News and Press Releases from Committee Members

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Chairman
Patrick Leahy
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Chuck Grassley
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Judiciary Committee Website Awarded 2010 "Gold Mouse"

GoldMouseAwardThe Senate Judiciary Committee was recognized by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) for having one of the best websites in Congress.  The Committee's website was awarded a 2010 Gold Mouse Award.  To learn more about the Congressional Management Foundation and the Congressional Mouse Awards, click here.

*NOTE:  Historical Judiciary Committee Photographs:  You can find information about the historical photographs featured at the top of this page by visiting the Committee's photo gallery. 
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Did You Know?  In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the Judiciary Reorganization Bill to empower the President to appoint an additional justice for every sitting justice over the age of 70 and one half years.  The members of the Judiciary Committee strongly opposed Roosevelt's proposal.

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