the senate committee holds hearings to consider after the president appoints a new supreme court justice.
the senate committee holds hearings to consider after the president appoints a new supreme court justice.
after the president appoints a new supreme court justice which committee holds hearings to consider?
the senate
gorsuch's nomination was first considered by the senate judiciary committee, which holds hearings on all federal judicial nominations and decides whether or not to send nominations to the full senate for a final confirmation vote. in the 115th congress the committee consisted of 11 republicans and 9 democrats, and was led by republican chuck grassley. in preparation for the hearing, the committee requested the department of justice (doj) to send all documents they had regarding gorsuch's work in the george w. bush administration; and by the time the hearing commenced, the doj had sent the committee over 144,000 pages of documents and, according to a white house spokesman, more than 220,000 pages of documents altogether. gorsuch's confirmation hearing started on march 20, 2017, and lasted four days.
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the committee holds hearings on federal budget legislation and congressional resolutions related to the federal budget process. the committee holds hearings on the president's annual budget request to congress and drafts the annual congressional budget resolution, which sets overall spending guidelines for congress as it develops the annual federal appropriations bills. the committee also reviews supplemental budget requests submitted by the president, which cover items which for one reason or another were not included in the original budget request, usually for emergency spending. recently, emergency budget supplementals have been used to request funding for the wars in iraq and afghanistan as well as for disaster recovery after hurricanes katrina and rita. the committee may amend, approve, or table budget-related bills. it also has the power to enforce established federal budget rules, hold budget-related investigations, and subpoena witnesses. additionally, the committee has oversight of the congressional budget office.
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