Week of June 8, 2026
House Floor
The House will meet at 10:00 for morning hour and 12:00pm for legislative business. Any request for a record vote will be postponed.
House Judiciary Committee
Tuesday, June 9th at 10:00am
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing, “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II,” that will examine the role that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has played in distorting civil rights policy in recent years. Additionally, the hearing will explore recently released information revealing that the SPLC has funneled money to some extremists, raising questions whether the SPLC has been artificially elevating the domestic extremist threat and misleading its donors.
WITNESSES:
- Mr. Bryan Fair, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Dr. Alveda King, Chair of the American Dream, America First Policy Institute
- Mr. Ryan Bangert, Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Special Counsel to the President, Alliance Defending Freedom
- Hearing Link: https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/southern-poverty-law-center-manufacturing-hate-part-ii
Wednesday, June 10th at 10:00am
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing, “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act,” which will discuss the Sports Broadcasting Act (SBA) of 1961 and its effect on the modern broadcast market for major sports leagues, particularly looking at the ways in which the distribution of professional sports has evolved since the SBA was first enacted 65 years ago. It will also examine the extent to which the antitrust exemption created by the SBA has been used by the professional sports leagues to harm consumers and whether potential legislative remedies may be needed to address that harm.
WITNESSES:
- Clay Travis, President, OutKick Media
- Jim Hallers, Founder and Managing Partner, Citizen’s Grill
- Curtis LeGeyt, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Broadcasters
- Hearing Link: https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/examining-sports-broadcasting-act
Senate Floor
The Senate will be back in session today, June 8th and at 5:30pm will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #744, Anthony W. Mattivi to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wednesday, June 10th at 10:15am
216 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Senate Judiciary Committee (Chair Chuck Grassley R-IA) will hold a nomination hearing. No further details have been published as of June 8.
Hearing Link: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/nominations-06-10-2026
Thursday, June 11th at 10:15am
216 Hart Senate Office Building
Executive Business Meeting. The Senate Judiciary Committee (Chair Chuck Grassley R-IA) will hold an executive business meeting.
Agenda
Nominees
- Benjamin M. Flowers, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
- Matthew A. Schwartz, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
- Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio
- Arthur Roberts Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Jeffrey T. Kuntz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
- John George Edward Marck, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Don Richard Berthiaume, Jr., to be Inspector General, Department of Justice
Legislation
- S. 1133, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025
- S. 1146, Cameras in the Courtroom Act
- S. 4591, NO FAKES Act of 2026
Hearing Link: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/executive-business-meeting-06-11-2026