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Congressional Committees

Congressional committees divide work and select bills for consideration, aiding public awareness and conducting investigations. Standing, select, joint, and conference committees play crucial roles in the legislative process.

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Congressional Committees

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  1. Congressional Committees • Purposes of Committees • Divides work • 1000s of bills are proposed, impossible for everyone to research every bill • Committees select bills to receive consideration • Help public learn about important issues • Investigations and hearings

  2. Kinds of Committees • Standing Committees • Continue from one Congress to the next • Divided into categories • Majority party leads the committees • Subcommittees • Specializes in a subcategory for the standing committee

  3. Standing Committees of Congress

  4. Kinds of Committees • Select committees • special committees created in both houses • one term only • study a specific issue • Matters of public concern • Overlooked problems • Problems of interest groups • Joint committees • members of both houses • act as study groups for Congress

  5. Kinds of Committees • Conference committees • temporary committees set • resolve the differences in the House and Senate versions of a bill • work out a compromise bill that each house then can accept or reject

  6. Committee Structure

  7. Choosing Committee Members • Parties assign members to the standing committees • Limit on number of committees a member may serve on • Chairpersons of standing committees have great influence • Make decisions about work of committees • Manage floor debates on bills that came from their committee • Often assigned by the seniority system

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