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a joint senate-house conference committee to discuss veterans legislation

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The Senate does not face large organizational problems at the beginning of a term. Its first day session is nearly always fairly short and routine, even when the elections have brought a change in the majority party.

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Before a bill may be sent to the president, each house must pass it in identical from. Sometimes, the two houses pass differing versions and the first house will not agree to the changes the other has made. When this happens, a conference committee-a temporary joint body-is created to iron out the differences on the bill. Its job is to produce a compromise bill that both houses will accept.

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The speaker takes the oath of office by tradition the oath is administered by the dean of the house. Next the house elects its clerk parliment sergeant at arms chief administrative officer and chaplain.

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The house will adopt rules that will govern its proceedings through the term. The rules of the house have been developing for 200 years. The rules are readopted with little to no change at the begining of each term. Members of the 20 permanent committess of the house are appointed by a floor vote with that the house is organized.

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A Joint Committee is one composed of members of both house. Some of these are select committees set up to serve some temporary purpose. Most are permanent groups that serve on a
regular basis.

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Some Joint Committees are investigative in nature and issue periodic reports to the house and senate. For Example, the Joint Committee on Taxation. It conducts in depth studies of the federal tax system and presents its findings to the House Ways and Means Committee.

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every other January about 435 men and woman come together at the capital to begin a new term
. Because all of the seats are up for election their is technally no sworn members no rules and no organisations until its opening day.  The clerk of the house in the proceding term calls the chamber to order and checks the roll of representative elect.  Due to custom the speaker is a long standing member of the major party and elections on the floor is only a fomalility