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Subcommittee on the Constitution

S.J. Res. 7 and H.J. Res. 21: A Constitutional Amendment Concerning Senate Vacancies

Type: Subcommittee Hearing
Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: Hart-216

NOTICE OF JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will hold a joint hearing entitled "S.J. Res. 7 and H.J. Res. 21: A Constitutional Amendment Concerning Senate Vacancies" on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 216 of the Senate Hart Office Building.

Chairman Feingold and Chairman Conyers will preside.

Member Statements

Panel I

Panel II

  • Vikram D. Amar

    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
    University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA
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  • Matthew Spalding, Ph.D

    Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies
    The Heritage Foundation
    Washington, DC
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  • Robert Edgar

    President and CEO
    Common Cause
    Washington, DC
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  • Pamela S. Karlan

    Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law
    Stanford Law School
    Stanford, CA
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  • David Segal

    Analyst, FairVote
    Rhode Island State Representative
    Providence, RI
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  • Kevin J. Kennedy

    Director and General Counsel
    Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
    Madison, WI
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  • Thomas H. Neale

    Specialist in American National Government
    Congressional Research Service
    Washington, DC
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