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Congressional Committees
Standing Committees
PermanentHouse members onlySenate members onlyWrites, reviews, approves
most bills
Subcommittees
Specific areas within a Standing committee
Example:Armed Services Committee
Air and Land ForcesReadiness
Select Committees
TemporaryHouse plus Senate membersInvestigates special events
or circumstances
Conference Committees
TemporaryHouse plus Senate membersWork out compromises in
similar bills
Joint Committees
PermanentHouse plus Senate membersAdministrative purposesExamples:
Economics, Taxes, Library of Congress, Printing
The Majority Party ALWAYS gets to name the Chairmen of ALL
Committees
The Majority Party also is awarded a
Majority of members on each committee
Congressional Caucuses
Groups of like-minded members, who work to advocate their interest
Examples of Caucuses
• Sportsman’s Caucus• Steel Caucus• Stock Car Auto Racing Caucus• Stop DUI Caucus• Ukranian Caucus• Urban Caucus• Vietnam Caucus• Wireless Telecommunications Caucus
Examples Continued . . .
• Youth Civic Caucus• Flat Tax Caucus• Food Safety Caucus• Friends of Norway Caucus• Green Scissors Caucus• Homeland Security Caucus• Horse Caucus• Cancer Caucus
Examples Continued . . .
• Frozen Food Caucus• Immigration Reform Caucus• Nursing Caucus• Potato Caucus• Reading Caucus• Republican Israel Caucus• New Democrat Caucus• Rural Education Caucus• Hudson River Caucus
Examples Continued . . .
• Life Insurance Caucus• Military Veterans Caucus• Minor League Baseball Caucus• Port Security Caucus• Singapore Caucus• Space Power Caucus• Wind Hazard Reduction Caucus• Ski and Snowboard Caucus