Congress Project by Jumela Mae Dela Cruz https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c en-us 2017-11-30 17:02:44 UTC 2025-10-02 11:20:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Standing Committees 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/211960366
  • deal with issues of permanent legislative concern 
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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.

    • ]]>     2017-11-30 17:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/211960619     Select Committees 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/211961031
  • Deals with temporary issues, investigation.

    • ]]>     2017-11-30 17:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/211961031     Work of Committees 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212140508 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.]]> 2017-12-01 03:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212140508 Terms 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212140678 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


    ]]>     2017-12-01 03:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212140678     Committee Membership 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142593 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.]]>     2017-12-01 04:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142593     Who Appoints Members to Committees? 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142865 - 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.


    ]]>     2017-12-01 04:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142865     Why are members chosen? 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142910 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. ]]> 2017-12-01 04:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212142910 Why do Congressmen Want to Serve on Committees? 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212143241 Committees help to organize the most important work of Congress — considering, shaping, and passing laws to govern the nation. 

    ]]>     2017-12-01 04:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212143241     Committee Chairman 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212143389 -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 ]]>     2017-12-01 04:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212143389     Rules Committee in the House 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212145731 -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.


    ]]>     2017-12-01 04:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212145731     Rules 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212145798 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
     

    ]]>     2017-12-01 04:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212145798     Caucus 1004840 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212145901
  • 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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  • Agriculture
  • Appropriations
  • Armed Services
  • Budget
  • Education and the Workforce
  • Energy and Commerce
  • Ethics
  • Financial Services
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Homeland Security
  • House Administration
  • Judiciary
  • Natural Resources
  • Joint Committee on Taxation
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  • Oversight and Government Reform
  • Rules
  • Science, Space, and Technology
  • Small Business
  • Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Veterans’ Affairs
  • Ways and Means
  • Intelligence
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Joint Committee on the Library
  • Joint Committee on Printing
    • ]]>     2017-12-01 17:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212355353     Senate Standing Committees 1004338 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212356037
  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
  • Appropriations 
  • Armed Services 
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
  • Budget 
  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
  • Energy and Natural Resources 
    • ]]>     2017-12-01 17:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212356037     Cont. 1004338 https://padlet.com/1004840/1qb79mjo9i5c/wish/212356935
  • Environment and Public Works 
  • Finance 
  • Foreign Relations 
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
  • Judiciary 
  • Rules and Administration 
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
  • Veterans' Affairs 

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