joint committee

Examples of joint committee in the following topics:

• How a Bill Becomes Law

  • A system of committees considers law relating to each policy area jurisdictions in the U.S.
  • There are three main types of committees—standing, select or special, and joint.
  • Four joint committees operate with members from both houses on matters of mutual jurisdiction and oversight.
  • Senate rules fix the maximum size for many of its committees, while the House determines the size and makeup of each committee every new Congress.
  • The committee reports to the legislature, at which stage further amendments are proposed.

• Conference Committee

  • A conference committee is a committee of Congress appointed by the House and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.
  • A conference committee is a committee of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.
  • The conference committee is usually composed of the senior members of the standing committees of each house that originally considered the legislation.
  • But apart from this one open meeting, conference committees usually meet in private and are dominated by the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees.
  • A conference report proposes legislative language as an amendment to the bill and also includes a joint explanatory statement of the conference committee.

• The Legislative Function

  • Committees write legislation.
  • Committees have power and have been called 'independent fiefdoms'.
  • Usually, the next step is for the proposal to be passed to a committee for review.
  • A joint resolution, which differs little from a bill since both are treated similarly.
  • However, a joint resolution originates from the House.

• The Conflict-Resolution Function

  • It is assigned a number and referred to a committee.
  • Joint resolutions are the normal way to propose a constitutional amendment or declare war.
  • Standing committees meet at least once each month.
  • Committees may also amend the bill, but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments.
  • The House Financial Services Committee meets.

• Constitutional Issues and Compromises

  • Congress, in joint session, would serve as the court of appeal of last resort in disputes between states.
  • The Pinckney plan was not debated, but it may have been referred to by the Committee of Detail for early draft.
  • In the Committee of Detail, Benjamin Franklin added the requirement that revenue bills originate in the House.
  • Congress would meet in a joint session to elect a President, and would also appoint members of the cabinet.
  • Congress, in joint session, would serve as the court of appeal of last resort in disputes between states.

• The Committee System

  • Standing committees meet at least once each month.
  • Committees may also amend the bill, but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments.
  • By 1906, the Senate maintained 66 standing and select committees—eight more committees than members of the majority party.
  • These select committees, however, are permanent in nature and are treated as standing committees under Senate rules.
  • The Ways and Means Committee has been an important committee in the U.S. since 1789

• The Staff System

  • Each congressional committee has a staff of varying size.
  • Majority and minority members hire their own staff, with the exception of two committees in each house: the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House, and the Select Committee on Ethics and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate.
  • These committees have a single staff.
  • In 2000, House committees had an average of 68 staff, and Senate committees an average of 46.
  • Committee staff includes staff directors, committee counsel, committee investigators, press secretaries, chief clerks and office managers, schedulers, documents clerks, and assistants.

• Congressional Campaign Committees

  • The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body.
  • The structure of the committee consists, essentially, of the Chairperson, their staff, and other Democratic members of Congress that serve in roles supporting the functions of the committee.
  • The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is the Republican Hill committee which works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives.
  • Pete Sessions (TX-32) , and an executive committee composed of Republican members of the U.S.
  • Identify the roles and responsibilities of the Congressional Campaign Committees for both major parties

• The First Continental Congress

  • The first Continental Congress was influenced by Correspondence Committees.
  • About seven to eight thousand patriots served on these committees at the colonial and local levels.
  • Committee members became the leaders of the American resistance to the British.
  • The Committees promoted patriotism and home manufacturing by advising Americans to avoid luxuries.
  • The committees gradually extended their influence to many aspects of American public life.

• Committee Deliberation

  • Standing committees meet at least once each month.
  • Almost all standing committee meetings for transacting business must be open to the public unless the committee votes, publicly, to close the meeting.
  • A committee might call for public hearings on important bills.
  • Committees may also amend the bill, but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments.
  • In this respect, this is how bills "die" in committees.