When a bill is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill clerk assigns it a number that begins with H.R. A reading clerk then reads the bill to all the Representatives, and the Speaker of the House sends the bill to one of the House standing committees. When the bill reaches committee, the committee members review, research, and revise the bill before voting on whether or not to send the bill back to the House floor.Through the multiple referral process, the bill is sent to several standing committees. If the committee members would like more information before deciding if the bill should be sent to the House floor, the bill is sent to a subcommittee. While in subcommittee, the bill is closely examined and expert opinions are gathered before it is sent back to the committee for approval.
A Senator is only permitted to be the chairman of one committee. However, a Senator can serve on an many committees as elected to.
Senator Max Baucus {D} of Montana.
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proxy voting - The practice of allowing a Senator to cast a vote in committee for an absent Senator. Senate Rule XXVI provides that proxies may not be voted when the absent Senator has not been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not requested that he be so recorded. Source: http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/proxy_voting.htm
Oh, dude, the terms "junior" and "senior" senators are based on their length of service in the Senate. The senator who has served for a shorter period is referred to as the junior senator, while the one with more experience is the senior senator. It's like a hierarchy based on how long they've been hanging out in the Senate club.
standing committee
Standing Committee
When a bill is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill clerk assigns it a number that begins with H.R. A reading clerk then reads the bill to all the Representatives, and the Speaker of the House sends the bill to one of the House standing committees. When the bill reaches committee, the committee members review, research, and revise the bill before voting on whether or not to send the bill back to the House floor.Through the multiple referral process, the bill is sent to several standing committees. If the committee members would like more information before deciding if the bill should be sent to the House floor, the bill is sent to a subcommittee. While in subcommittee, the bill is closely examined and expert opinions are gathered before it is sent back to the committee for approval.
The senator served on the joint finance committee for one year.
congress organizes the proccess
* 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.
a United States Senate committee chaired by the Senator Gerald Nye.
A Senator is only permitted to be the chairman of one committee. However, a Senator can serve on an many committees as elected to.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the Republican Leader for the 111th Congress of the United States. He also serves on the Appropriations committee, Agriculture committee and the Rules committee.
Before any decision is made, the issue must be discussed at a committee meeting. The senator is the leader of the joint finance committee. After school, there's a meeting for the budget committee in the library.
The Crittenden Plan or Crittenden Compromise was introduced in 1861 and if had passed in congress it might have prevented secession. The Kentucky senator who introduced it was John Crittenden.
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