Conference Committees
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House standing committees Joint committees of congress && Senate standing committees
It is called the Congress, the lawmaking body of the government.
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They deal with special circumstances or with issues that either overlap or fall outside the expertise of standing committees.
Special committees are essentially subcommittees of regular standing committees in the Senate that are created to study important issues (like border affairs, electric utility restructuring, or agriculture). These committees have less permanence than standing committees, but because they are responsible for areas of public policy and can carry over from one session to the next, we choose to regard them as part of the system of permanent committees.
They are formed to settle differences between House and Senate versions of the same bill.
They are formed to settle differences between House and Senate versions of the same bill.
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.
The US Senate has 16 standing committees
Four types of committees in Congress are: 1. Standing Committees- permanent, public policy 2. Joint Committees- both Senate/House members 3. Select Committees- temporary, specific purpose 4. Conference Committees- joint/select, reconcile differences between House/Senate versions of proposed bills.
Currently there are 16 standing committees in the Senate and 20 in the House
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