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    A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties...
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    Act of 1946, which deemed the committee responsible for reporting the current economic condition of the United States and for making suggestions for...
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    main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are selected...
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  • This is a list of active joint United States congressional committees. For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and...
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    complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators...
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  • A United States congressional hearing is the principal formal method by which United States congressional committees collect and analyze information in...
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  • The Joint Committee on the Library is a Joint Committee of the United States Congress devoted to the affairs and administration of the Library of Congress...
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    A conference committee is a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements...
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    Court of the United States. List of United States House committees United States congressional committee United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary...
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  • A congressional subcommittee in the United States Congress is a subdivision of a United States congressional committee that considers specified matters...
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  • the United States Congress, standing committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States...
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  • The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was a United States congressional committee started on December 9, 1861, and was dismissed in May 1865....
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  • The United States Congress has operated with more than 1,500 standing, special, select, or joint committees over the years. Most of these committees are...
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    Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives...
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  • The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) was a United States congressional committee that was tasked with exclusive jurisdiction over "all bills, resolutions...
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    The Joint Committee on Reconstruction, also known as the Joint Committee of Fifteen, was a joint committee of the 39th United States Congress that played...
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    Hawaii became a state in 1959, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects...
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  • estimation of revenues for Congress, the Joint Committee serves a purpose parallel to that of the Congressional Budget Office for the estimation of spending...
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  • A select or special committee of the United States Congress is a congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority...
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  • A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage presidential inaugurations...
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    The U.S. House Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives...
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  • The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to overseeing the functions of the Government Publishing Office...
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    The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee's broad...
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    The United States Senate Committee on the Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for...
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    The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with...
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    America, a standing committee is a Congressional committee permanently authorized by United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules....
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    The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending...
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    The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over...
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    The United States House Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives that is responsible for passing appropriation...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate. Besides having broad jurisdiction...
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