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The House Of Representatives relies more on its committees because of its larger size (there are 435 members of the House, as opposed to 100 members in the Senate ).


CURRENT COMMITTEES


In the House Of Representatives , there are 20 Standing Committee s (those that conduct business throughout the session, focusing on a certain, long-lasting issue). In the smaller United States Senate , there are only 17 standing committees.

There are various types of committees:
  • ''standing'' committees (some of which may be joint);

  • ''joint'' Committees (those that have members from both chambers);

  • ''select'' Or ''special'' Committees (those that only last for a certain amount of time, for a matter that is currently important);

  • ''other'' committees (such as Indians' Affairs);

  • ''subcomittees'' , used by most committees;

  • a '' Committee Of The Whole '', used by the House of Representatives, but not the Senate; and

  • a joint ''Conference'' Committee , convoked in the law-making process. When the version of the bill in the Senate and the House are different (respectively), the Conference Committee works out the differences and makes both version identical. This committee may not kill the bill or amend any of its parts that are identical in both versions.




DEFUNCT COMMITTEES

The functions of some of these may have been merged into extant committees.


Defunct House Committees


:now (since 1999) Government Reform :


Defunct Senate Committees



Defunct Joint Committees



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