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President Woodrow Wilson is the person who said that when Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work. It means that most of the work Congress does is done through committees.
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Lobbyists and interns
It enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the matters under their jurisdiction
Most of the work that is done by the legislative branch is done in committees.
by committees and their respective subcommittees.
Most of the work of Congress gets done on Capitol Hill. This is where the Capitol building is located and where the Library of Congress is.
What they do is they pass bills and do work like regular people do Novanet: The standing committee
The most important organizational feature of Congress is probably the set of legislative committees that do most of the work in the legislative branch. Committees and subcommittees hold hearings in order to research information about the particular bill they are investigating. The Committee Chairmen are very powerful in that they can determine what is and is not considered by the committees. There are three types of committees in Congress: standing, select, and joint.
They work when they are in session.
In the Commitees
Most of the work in the legislative branch of the federal government is done in Congress, which is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Congress is responsible for creating and passing laws, as well as overseeing the budget and conducting investigations.