1. Congress - Committees

2. Congress - Committees
“Congress in its Committee rooms is Congress at work” -Woodrow Wilson

3. Congress – CommitteeControl
Majority Party controls the Chair
Chair controls the bills
Senior Minority member is the “Ranking member”
Seniority dictates leadership

4. Congress - Committees
Standing Committee - A permanent committee in Congress to which all similar bills are sent for consideration, discussion, and debate.

5. Congress - Committees 20 Standing Committees in the House.
17 Standing Committees in the Senate

6. Congress - Committees
Rep. Mike Turner:
Armed Services

7. Congress - Committees Rep. Mike Turner: Oversight and Government
Reform

8. Congress - Committees
House Standing Committees
Rules Committee

9. Congress - Committees 1. Rules Committee 2. Ways and Means
House Standing Committees:
1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means

10. Congress - Committees House Standing Committees 1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means
3. Appropriations

11. Congress - Committees House Standing Committees: 1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means
3. Appropriations
4. Armed Services

12. Congress - Committees House Standing Committees: 1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means
3. Appropriations
4. Armed Services
5. Judiciary

13. Congress - Committees House Standing Committees: 1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means
3. Appropriations
4. Armed Services
5. Judiciary
6. Foreign Affiars

14. Congress - Committees House Standing Committees: 1. Rules Committee
2. Ways and Means
3. Appropriations
4. Armed Services
5. Judiciary
6. Foreign Affairs
7. Agriculture

15. Taiwanese Parliament
Taiwanese Parliament

16. Congress - Committees
Senate Standing Committees:
1. Foreign Relations

17. Congress - Committees
Senate Standing Committees: 1. Foreign Relations 2. Appropriations

18. Congress - Committees Senate Standing Committees: 1. Foreign Relations
2. Appropriations
3. Finance

19. Congress - Committees
Senate Standing Committees: 1. Foreign Relations 2. Appropriations 3. Finance 4. Judiciary

20. Congress - Committees Senate Standing Committees: 1. Foreign Relations
2. Appropriations
3. Finance
4. Judiciary
5. Armed Service

21. Congress - Committees Senate Standing Committees: 1. Foreign Relations
2. Appropriations
3. Finance
4. Judiciary
5. Armed Service
6. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

22. Congress - Committees
Senator Sherrod Brown:
Finance

23. Congress - Committees Senator Sherrod Brown: Agriculture, Nutrition
and Forestry
Commodities, Markets, Trade
Chair - Jobs, Rural Economic
Growth
Nutrition Specialty crops and
Research

24. Congress - Committees Senator Sherrod Brown: Banking, Housing &
Urban Affairs
Chair - Financial Institutions and
Consumer Protection
Housing, Transportation &
Community Development
Securities and International
Trade

25. Congress - Committees Senator Sherrod Brown: Veteran’s Affairs
Select committee on Ethics

26. Congress - Committees Senator Rob Portman: Budget Committee
Portman updated

27. Congress - Committees
Senator Rob Portman:
Finance Committee

28. Congress - Committees Senator Rob Portman:
Energy and Natural Resources
Committee
Energy
National Parks

29. Congress - Committees Senator Rob Portman: Homeland Security and
Government Affairs
Financial Management, Services
And International Security

30. Select/Special Committees
A Select/Special Committee A committee set up for a limited time to investigate a particular matter.

31. Special/Select Committees
Aging – Special
Ethics – Select
Indian Affairs
Intelligence - Select

32. Iran Contra Hearings

33. 9-11 Committee

34. Joint Committee A committee composed of members of both houses.
Congress - Committees
Joint Committee A committee composed of members of both houses.

35. Joint Committees Joint Committee on the Library
Joint Committee on Printing
Joint Committee on Taxation
Joint Economic Committee

36. Congress - Committees
Conference Committee Meets when the House and the Senate will not agree on a bill.

37. Senate House Conference Committees
Picture 2 Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-SD) (2nd L) delivers an opening statement during a conference committee meeting with ranking member Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) (L), House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC) and ranking member Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the U.S. Captiol April 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. House and Senate lawmakers have already struck a tentative deal on the FY2010 budget resolution and they hope to file a conference report after today's meeting. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Judd Gregg;Kent Conrad;John Spratt;Paul Ryan
Picture 1 (L-R) Senate Budget Committee ranking member Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND), House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-SC), ranking member Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and committee members Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) hold conference committee meeting in the U.S. Captiol April 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. House and Senate lawmakers have already struck a tentative deal on the FY2010 budget resolution and they hope to file a conference report after today's meeting.

38. Committee Actions Consider and report favorably Amend it
Rewrite it – Clean Bill
Reject it
Table it
Report unfavorably
Refuse to consider it