Congress: Comittees
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What is a congressional committee?
-a group of members of Congress with goal to develop a specific part.
What are the purposes are having Committees in Congress?
• Division of Labor: Develop expertise in a specific area • Write Legislation • Investigation: part of oversight ( enumerated power)
What are the powers of a Committees in Congress?
• Collect Information- in depth research to write laws • Draft Legislation- ability to write laws and be there when it’s written • Quasi Judicial- Similar to power of federal courts • Agenda Setting- Last words for on which a bill goes beyond a vote.
What are the Types of Committees in Congress?
• Standing vs Select • -> Standing- Is permeant because it deals with part of law that congress always revisits • ->Select- Temporary committee dissolves after job is finished • Legislation vs. non-legislation • -> Legislation has the power to write laws and non-legislation does not. • Intra-Chamber vs. Inter Chamber • ->Intra Chamber has both Senator and Representatives • ->Inter Chamber main part is the conference committee
What is the Conference Committee?
• Type is the inter chamber congress - Appointed to have a compromise between the Senate and the House version of a bill.
What are Sub Committees?
• Committees with a committee, a group parts off from the committee • Found in the House of Reps and sometimes in Senate
What is a Chair?
• Is the person in charge of a committee - Gatekeeping
What is the importance of Congress Committee in the law making process?
-Can investigate before making a law -Ability to write laws and be present when written to have influence Can determine the status of bill through revise, revoke, or ignoring the bill. -A bill must have committee approval before reaching the floor -Gatekeeping: decide which bills die in committee or move to floor.