Columbia's policy goes further, stating that investigations will take no longer than 30 days and that once the investigation is over, a hearing will wrap up a case two weeks later.
In Manhlaneni, a village in Eastern Cape Province, Chief Luthando Dinwayo presided over a hearing recently in a tiny courtroom with a corrugated tin roof.
After the judge wrote a report concluding that Mr. Walker was guilty of malfeasance, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over a hearing in Albany, which began in August.
Mr. Reed is scheduled to preside over a hearing on the issue on Tuesday by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
On May 8, Representative Ron Paul of Texas took a break from campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination to preside over a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
Miami LAMAR SMITH, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is presiding over a hearing Wednesday on new guidelines for immigration detention that were issued last month and are now beginning to go into effect.
