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Committees

Committees. Committees. Types Joint Membership from both houses. Committees - Senate.

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Committees

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  1. Committees

  2. Committees • Types • Joint • Membership from both houses

  3. Committees - Senate Standing Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources 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 Special, Select, and Other Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous) Indian Affairs Select Committee on Ethics Select Committee on Intelligence Special Committee on Aging Joint JointCommittee on Taxation Joint Economic Committee

  4. Committees - House Standing Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means Special, Select, and Other House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Joint Joint Economic Committee Joint Committee on Taxation

  5. Committees • Types • Joint • Membership from both houses • Select • Temporary or permanent • Appointed for specific purposes

  6. Committees - Senate Standing Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources 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 Special, Select, and Other Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous) Indian Affairs Select Committee on Ethics Select Committee on Intelligence Special Committee on Aging Joint JointCommittee on Taxation Joint Economic Committee

  7. Committees - House Standing Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means Special, Select, and Other House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Joint Joint Economic Committee Joint Committee on Taxation

  8. Committees • Types • Joint • Membership from both houses • Select • Temporary or permanent • Appointed for specific purposes • Conference • Work out differences in different passed versions of bills

  9. Committees • Types • Standing • Exist from year to year • Complete the real work of congress • “weed out” legislation

  10. Committees - Senate Standing Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources 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 Special, Select, and Other Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous) Indian Affairs Select Committee on Ethics Select Committee on Intelligence Special Committee on Aging Joint JointCommittee on Taxation Joint Economic Committee

  11. Committees - House Standing Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means Special, Select, and Other House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Joint Joint Economic Committee Joint Committee on Taxation

  12. Leadership

  13. House • Selected by majority party • Most powerful person in the House • “presides” over the House Speaker

  14. House • Partisan position picked by party • Floor leader Speaker Majority Leader

  15. House • Partisan position picked by party • Floor leader Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader

  16. House • Partisan position picked by party • Assistant floor leader • Keeps vote count on important bills • Persuades members of party to vote with party Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip

  17. House • Partisan position picked by party • Assistant floor leader • Keeps vote count on important bills • Persuades members of party to vote with party Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip

  18. House • Controls bill assigned to committees Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  19. House Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  20. Senate Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  21. Senate X Speaker Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  22. Senate President Pro Tempore • Ceremonial position • “presides” in the absence of the Vice President Majority Leader Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  23. Senate Vice President (President of the Senate) President Pro Tempore Majority Leader • “presides” over the Senate • Votes in case of a tie • No debate privileges Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  24. Senate Vice President (President of the Senate) President Pro Tempore Majority Leader • Leader of the Senate • Recognized first for all debates Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

  25. Senate Vice President (President of the Senate) President Pro Tempore Majority Leader • Party positions otherwise the same as in the House Minority Leader Majority Whip Minority Whip All Commit. Chairs

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