STANDING COMMITTEES
Permanent panels to which similar bills are sent and
reviewed
Different panels for different types of bills
Most Committees deal with a bill on a specific policy
matter
Where bills get the most thorough examination
Brief the whole chamber
Bills introduced by speaker or president of the Senate
and sent to the appropriate committee
MORE ON STANDING COMMITTEES
Remember Seniority Rule
Majority Party holds the majority of the seats in
the standing committees
Subcommittees are assigned within the
Standing Committee to deal with the workload
Most bills die in committee and never go to the
floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TYPES OF STANDING COMMITTEES
House
Senate
Rules
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Judiciary
Foreign Relations
Appropriates ion
Finance
Judiciary
SELECT COMMITTEES
Special committees
Panels for a specific purpose and often
temporary
Members are appointed by Speaker or President
of the Senate
Most are investigative in nature
Watergate, Iran Contra
JOINT COMMITTEES
Members of both houses together
Help reduce the overlap of work
Some investigate and report to the respective
houses
Examples
Economic
The Library
Printing
Taxation
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Is a major part of how a bill becomes
a law
When both houses have to come
together to make the bill the same