By holding hearings, issuing reports, and passing resolutions, the UNPA could exercise oversight over other UN bodies.
Throughout the commission's earliest hearings, one issue dominated: the "stay or go" policy.
The appeals panel held that the hearings at issue satisfied neither standard.
The committees, which are largely a joke, hold infrequent hearings and issue few reports.
Regulators should have public hearings and issue public findings and justifications.
With the power to call hearings and issue subpoenas, Mr. Issa has vowed to hold the administration accountable in a variety of areas.
Mr. Hamilton is concerned that Congress will be hard-pressed to organize an inquiry, hold hearings and issue a report before the campaign season intrudes after Labor Day.
The reforms include imposing limits on guards' use of force on juvenile offenders and developing "judicial bench cards" for magistrates that list what they need to do at hearings, like issue written findings about any decisions they make.
Starting in January, armed with the power to call hearings and issue subpoenas, he will play lead conductor to the new majority's other committee chairmen in investigating what he says is a "long list" of oversight targets.
