Examples of conference committee in the following topics:
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- A conference committee is a committee of Congress appointed by the House and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill.
- Conference committees exist to draft a compromise bill that both houses can accept.
- Thus most major bills become law through using a conference committee.
- In the first house to consider the conference, a Member may move to recommit the bill to the conference committee.
- Explain the function of the conference committee in the legislative process
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- A conference committee is appointed when the two chambers cannot agree on the same wording of a proposal that consists of a small number of legislators from each chamber.
- Whatever legislation, if any, the conference committee finalizes must then be approved in an unamendable "take-it-or-leave-it" manner by both chambers.
- One of the arguments used to sell the idea at the time to Nebraska voters was that by adopting a unicameral system, the perceived evils of the conference committee process would be eliminated.
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- 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.
- If the second house amends the bill, then the differences between the two versions must be reconciled in a conference committee, an ad hoc committee that includes both senators and representatives sometimes by using a reconciliation process to limit budget bills.
- If both houses agree to the version reported by the conference committee, the bill passes, otherwise it fails.
- In this respect, this is how bills "die" in committees.
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- It is assigned a number and referred to a committee.
- Committees may also amend the bill, but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments.
- If the second house amends the bill, then the differences between the two versions must be reconciled in a conference committee.
- If both houses agree to the version reported by the conference committee, the bill passes, otherwise it fails.
- The House Financial Services Committee meets.
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- Other committees with budgetary responsibilities submit requests and estimates to the Budget committees during this time.
- The Budget committees each submit a budget resolution by April 1.
- A conference committee is typically required to resolve differences between House and Senate bills.
- Once a conference bill has passed both chambers of Congress, it is sent to the President, who may sign the bill or veto.
- The United States House Committee on the Budget and the United States Senate Committee on the Budget are responsible for drafting budget resolutions.
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- The party leadership of the Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference.
- The party leadership of the United States Senate refers to the officials elected by the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference to manage the affairs of each party in the Senate.
- Unlike committee chairmanships, leadership positions are not traditionally conferred on the basis of seniority, but are elected in closed-door caucuses.
- The Senate Majority Leader is Harry Reid (Nevada) and serves as leader of the Senate Democratic Conference and manages the legislative business of the Senate.
- The Senate Majority Whip is Dick Durbin (Illinois) who manages votes, communicates with individual senators, and ensures passage of bills relevant to the agenda and policy goals of the Senate Democratic Conference.
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- 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.
- The Chairman is elected by the House Republican Conference after each Congressional election.
- Republican Leader John Boehner and the seven other elected leaders of the Republican Conference of the House of Representatives serve as ex-officio members of the NRCC's executive committee.
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- The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) provide an important link between the Democratic and Republican leaders and the general public.
- Press conferences are one way in which politicians can engage journalists in spin, or interpreting an issue or event in the favor of their political party.
- Describe the role the national committees play on behalf of the major political parties
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- 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
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- 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.