Congressional Committees

Standing Committees

PermanentHouse members onlySenate members onlyWrites, reviews, approves

most bills

               

Subcommittees

Specific areas within a Standing committee

Example:Armed Services Committee

Air and Land ForcesReadiness

Select Committees

TemporaryHouse plus Senate membersInvestigates special events

or circumstances

Conference Committees

TemporaryHouse plus Senate membersWork out compromises in

similar bills

Joint Committees

PermanentHouse plus Senate membersAdministrative purposesExamples:

Economics, Taxes, Library of Congress, Printing

The Majority Party ALWAYS gets to name the Chairmen of ALL

Committees

                                                    

            

               

The Majority Party also is awarded a

Majority of members on each committee

Congressional Caucuses

Groups of like-minded members, who work to advocate their interest

Examples of Caucuses

• Sportsman’s Caucus• Steel Caucus• Stock Car Auto Racing Caucus• Stop DUI Caucus• Ukranian Caucus• Urban Caucus• Vietnam Caucus• Wireless Telecommunications Caucus

Examples Continued . . .

• Youth Civic Caucus• Flat Tax Caucus• Food Safety Caucus• Friends of Norway Caucus• Green Scissors Caucus• Homeland Security Caucus• Horse Caucus• Cancer Caucus

Examples Continued . . .

• Frozen Food Caucus• Immigration Reform Caucus• Nursing Caucus• Potato Caucus• Reading Caucus• Republican Israel Caucus• New Democrat Caucus• Rural Education Caucus• Hudson River Caucus

Examples Continued . . .

• Life Insurance Caucus• Military Veterans Caucus• Minor League Baseball Caucus• Port Security Caucus• Singapore Caucus• Space Power Caucus• Wind Hazard Reduction Caucus• Ski and Snowboard Caucus