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The Boston committte itself and soon became the the most powerful
The Boston committte itself and soon became the the most powerful
its is powerful all about
Conference committees decide whether legislation lives or dies (in other words, whether Congress even gets to vote a bill up or down). In that way, they are just as powerful as the houses of Congress themselves.
Committees are the backbone of Congress. ANYTHING that gets done is Congress has gone through committees and subcommittees. They control whether legislation dies or passes.
The most powerful committee in the United States House of Representatives is The House Rules Committee
they circulated writings about the colonists' grievances against Britain. Soon they brought together protesters.
The most important organizational feature of Congress is probably the set of legislative committees that do most of the work in the legislative branch. Committees and subcommittees hold hearings in order to research information about the particular bill they are investigating. The Committee Chairmen are very powerful in that they can determine what is and is not considered by the committees. There are three types of committees in Congress: standing, select, and joint.
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.
House standing committees Joint committees of congress && Senate standing committees