legislative committee
Bill-reviewing panel
A legislative committee is a subgroup of a legislature assigned to examine specific areas—finance, judiciary, agriculture—before bills reach the full body for a vote.
Committees hold hearings, question witnesses, and recommend whether legislation should advance.
The bill died in committee means it never reached the floor.
Standing committees are permanent; select committees form for specific investigations.
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- smoke-filled roomSecret political negotiation venue
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- subcommitteeSubset of larger panel
- investigationFormal examination of facts
closed door session · special counsel · witness testimony · markup session · public hearings · ranking member · policy review · legal counsel · budget analysis · roll call vote · party lines · Capitol Hill · clerk · intern · lobbyist · spokesperson · amendment
- committeessubcommittees, subcommittee
- legislaturesparliament, senate, House of Commons, Senate, diet
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Judges assembled to decide
court · regulatory agency · executive office · executive branch · judiciary committee
legislative committeelobby group
Organization influencing legislation
think tank · grassroots movement · political action committee · working group · grassroots organization
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