Senate hearings: State voting rights, housing finance

Also next week, the Senate Banking Committee will meet to examine how to expand refinancing opportunities, and will hear from Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.

Details on these and other key hearings follow:

Senate Armed Services

May 8, briefing on the Defense Clandestine Service in review of the Defense authorization request for FY 2013

9:30 a.m., SVC-217 Capitol Visitor Center

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

May 8, “Expanding Refinancing Opportunities to Improve the Housing Market,” HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan testifies

10 a.m., 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation

May 9, “The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission”

2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Senate Office Building

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

May 10, “The Helium Stewardship act of 2012”

9:30 a.m., 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Finance

May 10, “Medicare Physician Payments: Understanding the Past so We Can Envision the Future”

10 a.m., 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

May 10, “Beyond Mother’s Day: Helping the Middle Class Balance Work and Family”

10 a.m., 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Senate Judiciary

Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights

May 7, “New State Voting Laws III: Protecting Voting Rights in the Heartland”

9:30 a.m., Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House, Cleveland, OH

May 9, “Oversight of the Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator”
10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building