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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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Oversight and Government Reform

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Joint Committee on the Library

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A meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement. Gather and select delegates to send to the party’s national convention.

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closed- an order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate and forbids a particular bill from being amended on the floor

open- an order from ten House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor

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-considers all bills reported from policy and fiscal committees
- determines whether, and in what order, to schedule their consideration on the floor of the House
- reviews, adopts and schedules consideration of floor resolutions.

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-the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly
-presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion

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Why do Congressmen Want to Serve on Committees? 

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Why do Congressmen Want to Serve on Committees? 

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Committees help to organize the most important work of Congress — considering, shaping, and passing laws to govern the nation.

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Members are chosen because they do not want the common man to be in a committee. They don't want just anybody to be part of it.

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- vary based on which committee they are being appointed to
- for example a member of the house would elect members for the standing committee, speaker of the house appoints select committee members, and joint committee members are chosen according to their values.

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who controls?
Committees receive varying levels of operating funds and employ varying numbers of aides.  Each hires its own staff.  The majority party controls most committee staff and resources, but a portion is shared with the minority.

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pigeonholed
to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it

marked up
process by which a U.S congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation

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Senate committees monitor on-going governmental operations, identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information, and recommend courses of action to the Senate. During each two-year term Congress sends thousands of bills and resolutions and are referred to Senate committees.

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deal with issues of permanent legislative concern

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Deals with temporary issues, investigation.

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For a bill to become law both houses must approve identical versions. When different versions are past the leaders create a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the two bills.