Obama's sequester choices to be examined in House hearing

By Pete Kasperowicz - 03/15/13 03:07 PM ET

House Republicans will hold a committee hearing next week to examine the choices the Obama administration has made implementing the $85 billion sequester.

Republicans have slammed the administration for complying with the sequester by furloughing thousands of federal workers, instead of finding ways to cut waste or duplicative programs. The decision to cancel White House tours is one that the GOP has focused on as an example of the Obama administration trying make the sequester as painful as possible.

That cut and others will come up on Tuesday, when the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee meets to discuss the administration's "decisions on spending cuts and furloughs."

Details on that hearing and other key hearings for next week follow here:

House Armed Services

March 20, "The Posture of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command"
     10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

House Financial Services

March 19, "Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Federal Housing Finance Agency on the GSE Conservatorships"
     10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

March 20, "Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response"
     9:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Judiciary

March 19, "The release of criminal detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Policy or Politics?"
     1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

House Oversight and Government Affairs

March 19, "DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs' Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions"
     10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

March 19, "Sequestration Oversight: Understanding the Administration's Decisions on Spending Cuts and Furloughs"
     1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

March 19, "The Department of Energy's Strategy for Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas"
     3 p.m., 2247 Rayburn House Office Building

House Science, Space, and Technology

March 19, "Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors"
     10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

House Small Business

March 20, "Entrepreneurial Assistance: Examining Inefficiencies and Duplication Across Federal Government Programs"
     1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn House Office Building

House Ways and Means

March 19, "Tax Reform and Tax Provisions Affecting State and Local Governments"
     10 a.m., 1100 Longworth House Office Building