Rules panel hearing on GOP lawsuit next week

The House Rules Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the GOP lawsuit against President Obama in what is sure to be a media zoo.

Four legal experts are set to testify before the 13-member panel. 

{mosads}At the heart of the lawsuit is Obama’s use of executive action to delay the employer mandate in the healthcare law requiring workplaces with 50 or more employees to provide insurance coverage.

Also Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the economy.

Details on these and other hearings are below:

House Appropriations Committee
July 15, “Overseas Contingency Operations Funding”
8 a.m., H-140 Capitol

House Budget Committee
July 17, “The President’s Funding Request for Overseas Contingency Operations”
10 a.m., 210 Cannon

House Financial Services Committee
July 16, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy”
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn

House Foreign Affairs Committee
July 15, “Terrorist March in Iraq: The U.S. Response”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

July 15, “The Rise of ISIL: Iraq and Beyond”
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn

July 16, “Iran’s Destabilizing Role in the Middle East”
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn

House Rules Committee
July 16, “Legislative hearing on a Committee Discussion Draft of H. Res. ___, providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President inconsistent with his duties under the Constitution of the United States.”
10 a.m., H-313 Capitol