A hearing has been scheduled to consider the nomination of David W. Ogden to be the Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department.  The hearing will be held Thursday, February 5, at 10:00 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.  It hearing will be webcast live online.

• Committee Questionnaire and Related Materials
• Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
  

At a business meeting on January 28, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to report the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States to the full Senate for consideration.  Member statements, and a webcast of the business meeting, are available online. 

Information about the Holder nomination is available online:

• Committee Questionnaire and Related Materials
• Letters Received in Connection With the Nomination
• Documents from the Department of Justice
• Responses to Questions for the Record

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On Wednesday, January 21, 2009, the Senate unanimously adopted resolutions establishing Committee memberships for the 111th Congress.  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are:

Majority:  Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, D-Vermont; Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin; Dianne Feinstein, D-California; Russell D. Feingold, D-Wisconsin; Charles E. Schumer, D-New York; Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois; Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Maryland; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island; Ron Wyden, D-Oregon; Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota; Edward E. Kaufman, D-Delaware

Minority: Arlen Specter, Ranking Member, R-Pennsylvania; Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah; Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa; Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama; Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma