Texas
Committee Chairs are elected by the Majority Party Leader. They provide leadership for the committee by supporting the topic that the committee is concerned with.All committee chairs are congressmen, and all of them belong to the majority party.
By voting of the current committee chairs
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The committee chairs are selected in the Texas House of representatives by the speaker and the lieutenant governor. This is one of the main roles of the speaker of the house.
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The Democratic party currently holds a majority in the senate, and therefore selects the senate majority leader and the senate committee chairs.
The majority party appoints the chairs and determines the membership of the committees. The chair has a lot of control over what the committee does.
The majority party appoints the chairs and determines the membership of the committees. The chair has a lot of control over what the committee does.
* Senator Kohl chairs the Special Commitee on aging (he is 74). * Is a member of the Committee on Approrriations. * Is a member on the Committee on the Judiciary and the * Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. * . . . and . . . * Senator Feingold chairs no committees but is a member of the * Committee on the the Judiciary and numerous sub-committees. * Committee om Foreign Relations and several sub-committees.
Seniority is no longer absolute in selection of committee chairs, but it is usually followed