No phone calls please

No phone calls please

HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE

Meeting on H.R. 3962 - The "Affordable Health Care for America Act"

Chair: Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

Witnesses:
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Others tbd

7:00-8:00 STEVEN DENNIS
On Set Roll Call
Staff Writer
rollcall.com <http://www.rollcall.com>

7:15-7:30 REP. JAN SCHAKOWSKY
D-Illinois, 9th District
Chicago, Evanston, Park Ridge
schakowsky.house.gov <http://schakowsky.house.gov>

Topic: Guest will discuss her support for health care legislation.

7:30-7:45 REP. JIM MARSHALL
R-Georgia, 8th District
Macon, Dublin
house.gov/marshall <http://www.house.gov/marshall>

Topic: Guest will discuss his opposition to health care legislation.

7:45-8:00 REP. LUIS GUTIERREZ
Remote D-Illinois, 4th District
Chicago
luisgutierrez.house.gov <http://luisgutierrez.house.gov>

Topic: Guest will discuss his concerns with health care legislation.

8:00-9:00 PATRICK YOEST
On Set Dow Jones Newswires
Congressional Reporter
dowjones.com

8:00-8:15 REP. GREGG HARPER
Remote R-Mississippi, 3rd District
Starkville, Meridian, Natchez
harper.house.gov <http://harper.house.gov>

Topic: Guest will discuss his opposition to health care legislation and the GOP's alternative bill.

8:15-8:30 PHONES: House Votes on Health Care Bill Today

8:30-8:45 REP. RAUL GRIJALVA
Remote D-Arizona, 7th District
Tucson, Yuma
grijalva.house.gov <http://grijalva.house.gov/index.html>

Topic: Discuss Rep. Grijalva's perspective on today's debate and potential vote on health care legislation.

8:45-9:00 REP. CHARLES BOUSTANY
Remote R-Louisiana, 7th District
Lafayette, Lake Charles
boustany.house.gov <http://boustany.house.gov/>

Topic: Guest, who is a former heart surgeon, will discuss his opposition to the health care legislation.

9:00 Throw to House

Host: Greta Brawner

BROWN v. PAYTON
2005 Case Involving Criminal Procedure, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, and the Death Penalty

A California court sentenced William Payton to death for murder and attempted murder. Payton appealed and alleged the jury, when imposing the death penalty, did not consider the potentially mitigating evidence of his post-crime religious conversion. California's death penalty statute required jurors to weigh 11 factors when imposing a death penalty. The first 10 factors were specific to the crime and the 11th factor was a "catch-all factor" that allowed the judge or jury to consider any other circumstance the defendant presented in mitigation of a death sentence. Payton alleged the judge's jury instructions effectively prevented the jury from considering his post-crime religious conversion. The California Supreme Court ruled there was nothing wrong with the judge's jury instructions. A federal district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Payton and reversed the death sentence. The Ninth Circuit said the California Supreme Court's application of U.S. Supreme Court precedent was objectively unreasonable. According to the Ninth Circuit, the clearly established precedent required juries to consider mitigating post-crime evidence when considering a death sentence.