The majority party from each house selects the chairperson for each committee.
The unwritten rule of the seniority system traditionally has guided the selection of chairpersons. The seniority system gave the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee.
Seniority system
The plural of chairperson is chairpersons.
Chairpersons is the plural form.
It depends on what committee you are talking about.
They are the senior members of the senate and house.
House standing committees Joint committees of congress && Senate standing committees
Types of committees include standing committees, select committees, and joint committees.
Seniority.
Members of Congress usually choose committee chairperson on the basis of seniority. Nominations are made by the majority party caucus or conference.
The US House currently has 23 active committees of which three are special committees and 20 are standing committees, which are divided into 104 sub-committees. The US Senate currently has 17 standing committees, which are divided into 70 sub-committees.
There are actually three main types of committees. These include standing committees, select committees, as well as statutory committees.
Most of the work that is done by the legislative branch is done in committees.