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Who sits on a joint committee?
Members of both houses of Congress sit on joint committees.
What is meant by the phrase two thirds of both houses concurring?
That both the House of Representatives and the Senate need to have two out of three members vote in favor of something.
Type of congressional committee in which members of both houses act as one group to discuss a bill?
A Congressional Conference Committee is formed to discuss a bill which has Congress in disagreement over. Senior members of standing committees in each house form the committee that originated the piece of legislation. These committees come into play if both houses have passed different versions of the same bill.
Members of both houses in the constitution are free from what during their attendence at the session of their respective houses?
They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
Responsible for ironing out differences between legislation passed in both houses?
The Conference Committee has the responsibility of working out the differences between legislation passed in both houses. Both houses refers to the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate.
