-Permanent body with specified legislature responsiblites.
-evaluate bills and either kill them or pass them along for further debate
-each has a juridiction over a certain area
- each has several subcommittees
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select committee
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-temporary
-set up to investigate specific issues for a limited amount of time
-no legislative authority
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joint committee
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-composed of members of both houses
-deal with issues of interest of both houses rather than consider legislation
-limited jurisdiction
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conference committee
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- both houses have passes a different version of the same bill
-is formed to achieve an agreement between both the house and the senate on the exact wording of the bill
-temporary
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House Rules Committee
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- unique powerful position (gatekeeper power)
- determines the terms on which legislation withh reach the floor
-sets the time limit of the debate time for a bill
-decides whether and how a bill may be amended
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House Ways and Means Committee
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-drafts tax legislation
-jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue raising measures
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senate foreign relations committee
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-oversees the foreign policy agencies of the US govnt
-funding of foreign aid programs as well as arms sales
-reviews and considers all diplomatic nominations and international treaties and legislation relating to US foreign policy
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senate judiciary committee
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-conducts hearings proir to the senate to vote on whether or not to confirm prospective fed. judge nom. by Pres.
-provides oversight of the department of justice and all the agencies under the departmetn of justice
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