Legislative committee
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| United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security |
The Special Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, 1951-77, more commonly known as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS) and sometimes the McCarran Committee, was...
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| House Committee on Appropriations | House committee |
The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful of the...
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| Committee of the Whole |
In the United States House of Representatives, the Committee of the Whole, short for Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, is a parliamentary device in which the House of Representatives is considered one large Congressional...
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| House Committee on Rules | House committee |
The Committee on Rules, or (more commonly) Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under...
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| House Committee on Ways and Means |
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Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. Members of the Ways and Means Committee cannot serve on any other House Committees, though they can apply for a waiver from their party's...
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| United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |
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United States Senate | 1816 |
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing ...
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| United States Senate Committee on Appropriations |
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate. The Senate Appropriations Committee is the largest committee in the U.S....
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| United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship |
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over the Small Business Administration and is also charged with researching and investigating all problems of...
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| United States Congressional committee |
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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 of Congress). Committee membership enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the matters...
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| United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry |
The Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry, farming programs, forestry and logging, and...
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| United States Senate Committee on Armed Services |
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The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy (as pertaining to...
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| United States Congressional subcommittee |
A Congressional subcommittee in the United States Congress is a subdivision of a United States Congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee.
Subcommittees are formed by most committees to share...
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| United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library |
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, which is the library of the federal legislature. There are five members of each house on the...
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| United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation |
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:
It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and...
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| United States House Committee on Science |
The Committee on Science and Technology is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. Specifically, the committee has partial or complete...
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| House Committee on the Judiciary | House committee |
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts,...
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| United States Senate Watergate Committee |
The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate burglaries and the ensuing Watergate scandal after it was learned that the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into...
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| United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting...
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| United States Senate Committee on Finance |
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It concerns itself with matters relating to the bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection districts,...
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| United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
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The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the Federal government of the United States who provide...
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| United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself,...
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| United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: bank and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to...
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| United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy, territorial policy, native Hawaiian matters, and public lands.
Its roots go back to the Committee on Public...
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| United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works |
The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure.
The Committee is chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat of California). The Ranking...
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| United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to health, education, labor, and pensions. Its jurisdiction extends beyond these issues to include several more specific areas,...
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| United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration |
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (also called the Senate Rules Committee) is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, with administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of...
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| United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs is responsible for dealing with oversight of United States veterans issues.
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. The Ranking Minority Member seat is Republican Richard...
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| United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs |
The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is responsible for dealing with matters related to the American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples. A Committee on Indian Affairs existed from 1820 to 1947, but in the latter year...
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| United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics |
The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a select committee of the United States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the...
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| United States Senate Special Committee on Aging |
The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging was initially established in 1961 as a temporary committee; it became a permanent committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older...
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