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	Congressional Committees and Unfriendly Witnesses
		So effective had the committees become that by the height of the McCarthy era, in the mid-1950s, people were often fired simply for receiving a subpoena from HUAC or one of the other committees.
		The committees justified their practice of requiring witnesses to name names by explaining that it was the only way the witness could prove that he or she had really broken with the party.
		It was a crude political test--and one that caused enormous anguish for the committees' witnesses.
	www.english.upenn.edu /~afilreis/50s/congcomms.html (3000 words)

	Democratic Congressional District Committees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The members of the Democratic State Central Committee elected as such by the State Convention or their successors and members of the Steering Committee and statewide party officers or their successors, who are voting residents of a congressional district, shall comprise the Democratic congressional district committee for that district.
		A “county or city representative” shall be a resident of the congressional district who is (a) a county or city committee chair or vice chair, (b) a magisterial district chair, (c) a ward chair or (d) a county or city committee member proposed by his or her county or city committee to the district committee.
		Whenever a district committee orders the election of a county or city committee pursuant to the provisions of the Party Plan the district committee shall be charged with the authority and responsibility for supervising such election as provided in the Party Plan.
	www.vademocrats.org /Whats_At_Stake/Plan_Article6.asp (1188 words)

	Little Theatre: Committees in Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Committees are "the little legislatures" of Congress (Goodwin 1970), for in these small arenas much of the lawmaking work happens, and committee deliberation sets the stage for legislating on the House or Senate floors.
		While committee chairs are elected by party caucuses, so one should expect them to be beholden to the caucus, in practice it tends not to work that way thanks largely to the seniority system, which remains the norm in selecting chairs.
		Their theory asserts that committees exist to aid the goals of the majority party; therefore, it is not clear why the majority party would allow the minority party equal representation.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /prg/king/theatre.htm (6936 words)

	EDSITEment, the best of the humanities on the web
		Congressional committees, in other words, largely control the legislative process by deciding which bills come to a vote and by framing the language of each bill before it is debated.
		Subcommittees are responsible for specific areas within the committee's jurisdiction and report their work on a bill to the full committee, which must approve it before reporting the bill to its branch of Congress.
		For an historical perspective on the role of Congressional committees, CongressLink offers a lesson plan titled, "The Legislative Process: The Case of the Civil Rights Act of 1964," which provides background and primary source material on the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that was required to keep this controversial bill from dying in committee.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=284 (1915 words)

	Kids in the House - Learn About Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Most committee hearings and meetings are open to the public, but in special cases committees may vote to close hearings or meetings to the public.
		Committees may draft a bill, rewrite the bill several times, or revise it in a markup session before voting on it.
		This committee on committees matches the Member requests with available committee seats, prepares and approves an assignment slate for each committee, and submits all slates to the full party for approval.
	clerkkids.house.gov /congress/committees/index.html (1087 words)

	Congressional Institute - Legislative Resources - Congressional Committees:Jurisdiction and Referral
		Unlike other committees, joint committees are created, and their jurisdictions and functions are established, under specific laws rather than through the rules of either house of Congress.
		Committee of the Whole – This most important committee is composed of all House Members and is created to expedite the consideration of bills, other measures and amendments on the floor of the House.
		In the Committee of the Whole, a quorum is 100 Members (as compared to 218 in the House) and debate on amendments is conducted under the five-minute rule (as compared to the hour rule in the House), following general debate.
	www.conginst.org /legresources/HouseCommittees.html (332 words)

	United States Congressional Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lists of the congressional committees with their members can be found in the publication Official Congressional Directory which began in 1809 with the 11th Congress and in the publication Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1996.
		Committee members gradually become the legislative experts in their areas such as social security, education, and foreign affairs, and for this reason congressional committees are powerful in controlling legislative outcomes.
		The congressional committees and subcommittees hold hearings on bills and resolutions, and in these committee hearings oral testimony is given by various invited witnesses.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/jonsson/publication/pubiv6.html (3872 words)

	SB766 - Regulates inaugural and congressional reapportionment committees and provisions of campaign finance disclosure ...
		Such committees must file various reports with the Missouri Ethics Committee for the duration of the committee's existence.
		Committees must file a statement of organization, disclosure reports which itemize receipts, expenditures, and indebtedness incurred by the committee, and a termination statement upon dissolution.
		The act also authorizes debt service committees to exist for the length of the term office for which the individual was a candidate.
	www.senate.state.mo.us /02info/bills/SB766.htm (342 words)

	CQ.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is where you can find up-to-date committee rosters and contact information as well as complete reporting on every facet of the committee process: schedules, transcripts, written testimony, reports and CQ’s renowned objective news coverage of each event, which includes a description of every committee vote.
		Our committee Web page and one-click links provide you with everything you’ll need to know about committees and committee actions dating back to the 104th Congress.
		Whether you follow committee news from the perspective of a particular committee or a hot-button issue area, CQ’s integrated information package makes the committee coverage a necessity for anyone tracking the movement of legislation.
	www.cq.com /corp/committees.do (285 words)

	NCPA - Congressional Issues - Republicans Should Revive Congressional Committees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hearings, General Accounting Office (GAO) investigations, Congressional Budget Office and Congressional Research Service studies, the press and other avenues of influence were all manipulated to pursue legislative agendas.
		After Republicans took power in 1994, committee staffs were slashed, responsibilities reshuffled, and ultimate power vested solely in the leadership.
		Chairmen should be encouraged to make their committees more active analysts, critics and originators of policy.
	www.ncpa.org /pd/govern/pd111198a.html (346 words)

	LLSDC Legislative Source Book: Quick Links to Congressional Publications
		Committee print law compilations available in PDF from Committee website only but are not the most recent.
		Committee print law compilations available in PDF from Committee website only but are very dated.
		Committee's hearings list and other title information from the committee site; may link to GPO PDF/text, official transcripts, hearing charter, submitted testimony, and other documents.
	www.llsdc.org /sourcebook/gpolinks.htm (1711 words)

	CNN.com - Amnesty bills stuck in congressional committees - Sep 21, 2004
		As a result, a number of guest-worker bills, whether inspired by the Bush proposal or in the works well before he broached the issue, are languishing in committees in the House and Senate.
		Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, a Republican of Wisconsin, is strongly opposed to amnesty, Lungren said, and isn't eager to send to the floor any bills that might offer it.
		But given the strength of public opposition to any legislation with a hint of amnesty, AGJOBS and other immigration reform bills are likely to gather dust on congressional committee shelves until the election is over.
	www.cnn.com /2004/US/09/21/amnesty.bills/index.html (502 words)

	CQPolitics.com - Despite Uptick in Party Money, Democrats Still Trail
		The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) — which is working in an unusually difficult political environment to stave off the net gain of 15 or more seats that the Democrats would need to take control of the House — also has raised less than at the similar point in the last cycle.
		The biggest givers to the House campaign committees are members of the parties’ leadership, who have access to more campaign cash and who are expected to pony up at levels commensurate to their political and legislative clout.
		All three Republican committees and the DNC reported hard-money receipts this cycle that were less than the combined total of their hard- and soft-money receipts in the first 18 months of 2001-02.
	www.cqpolitics.com /2006/08/despite_uptick_democrats_still.html (1128 words)

	TheCapitol.Net > Congressional Deskbook 2005-2007 / 109th Congress
		Now in its 4th edition, the Congressional Deskbook is the comprehensive guide to Congress, clearly describing the legislative and congressional budget processes in 15 chapters that discuss all aspects of Congress.
		It can be used effectively as a basic text on the operations of the legislative branch and as a reference guide for answers to simple and complex questions about the first branch of government.
		The Congressional Deskbook is of great value to academicians, public administrators at all levels of government, politically engaged citizens, lobbyists, and policy advocates.
	www.thecapitol.net /Publications/congdeskbook.html (1197 words)

	U.S. Congressional Bibliographies: NCSU Libraries
		The U.S. Congressional Bibliographies enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted.
		Its sources are the Congressional Record's "Daily Digest" and bibliographic information supplied by the U.S. Senate Library.
		Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees.
	www.lib.ncsu.edu /congbibs (94 words)

	Congressional Committee Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That road starts in the committees and subcommittees of Congress where members hold hearings, draft, debate, and revise legislation — and where each word is carefully crafted.
		In short, congressional committees are the legislative trenches — and the bigger the bill, the higher the stakes, the more generous the campaign donations to members of the committee with jurisdiction over the issue.
		Lawmakers who win seats on the lucrative banking, tax-writing, or commerce committees quite often enhance their campaign war chests from industries seeking to influence legislative outcomes.
	www.opensecrets.org /cmteprofiles/index.asp (185 words)

	Congressional Committees with Jurisdiction over R&D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In communicating with your Members, it is valuable to know what committees play a role in setting science priorities, policy, and budgets.
		In the House, the House Science Committee has jurisdiction over most civilian R&D. Military R&D is under the jurisdiction of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology in the Senate, and the House National Security Subcommittee on Military R&D in the House.
		To know what Members sit on committees of interest to you, or to determine if your representative or senators are on a certain committee, FYI has posted the rosters for the above-mentioned committees and subcommittees on our Web site.
	www.aip.org /enews/fyi/1998/fyi98.057.htm (590 words)

	U.S. Senate: Committees Home
		The House and Senate each have their own committee system, which are similar.
		Within chamber guidelines, however, each committee adopts its own rules; thus, there is considerable variation among panels.
		Informal congressional groups and organizations of Members with shared interests in specific issues or philosophies have been part of the American policymaking process since colonial times.
	www.senate.gov /committees/index.cfm (161 words)

	EPA Records Schedule 525 - Congressional Committees File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Contains documents and data relating to the makeup, character, status, mission, and activities of Congressional committees.
		Records consist of membership and staff lists, operational descriptions, statements made to committees, summary of actions, schedules, hearing reports, press releases, legislative calendars, and responses to committee requests.
		Excludes: EPA testimony to Congress which is scheduled as EPA 532 for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations and EPA 140 for other offices.
	www.epa.gov /records1/policy/schedule/sched/525.htm (177 words)

	Key Congressional Committees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This committee is responsible for congressional budget process generally; concurrent budget resolutions; measures relating to special controls over the federal budget; Congressional Budget Office.
		This committee is responsible for archives of the United States; budget and accounting measures; census and statistics; federal civil service; congressional organization; intergovernmental relations; government information; District of Columbia; organization and management of nuclear export policy; executive branch organization and reorganization; Postal Service; efficiency, economy and effectiveness of government.
		This committee is responsible for rules and joint rules (other than rules or joint rules relating to the Code of Official Conduct), and order of business of the House; recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
	www.napfe.com /NAPFEkeysenate.asp (191 words)

	Congressional Labor Committees: Law Tips Archive--Wirtz Labor Library
		For information on the U.S. Congressional Labor Committees you can go to the websites of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the
		Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
		List of Committee Hearings from 2001 to present arranged by year and month in which they occurred.
	www.dol.gov /oasam/library/law/lawtips/congressionallaborcommittees.htm (152 words)

	TheCapitol.Net > Custom, On-Site Training > Testifying Before Congressional Committees
		Gain a better understanding of the role and purpose of congressional committees and the hearing process in the work of Congress.
		Attendees can choose to put their new skills to the test by preparing and delivering testimony before a mock committee hearing.
		Taught by faculty who have a minimum of 10 years' experience working with and helping agency and corporate staff prepare for testifying before congressional committees.
	www.thecapitol.net /CustomPrograms/testify2agenda.html (956 words)

	Congressional Hearings - US News Classroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Begin by explaining that congressional hearings, like the one referenced in the companion article, are the testimony of witnesses before a Senate, House, joint, or select committee of the U.S. Congress.
		Congressional powers of investigation and oversight are not explicitly defined in the Constitution but are implied in Article 1, section 8, which says that Congress can do anything that flows logically from its delegated powers.
		Although congressional hearings are not trials, Congress has several powers that help the committees collect evidence.
	www.usnewsclassroom.com /resources/activities/act020218.html (928 words)

	Congressional and Legislative Affairs Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		VA's Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs is the focal point for Department management and coordination of all matters involving the Congress.
		A page designed for Congressional Caseworkers with links to VA and external resources to assist veterans and their families;
		Congressionally Mandated Report on Plans for Re--establishing a VA Medical Center in New Orleans; and related materials.
	www.va.gov /oca (124 words)

	United States Congressional committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress).
		The House of Representatives relies more on its committees because of its larger size (there are 435 members of the House, as opposed to 100 members in the Senate).
		In the House of Representatives, there are 20 standing committees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Congressional_committee (910 words)

	U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Virtual Reference Desk > Committees
		Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, Congress divides its tasks among approximately 250 committees and subcommittees.
		For more information on how the Senate Committee system works, link to Committees on the main Senate Web page.
		Link to committee Web pages, find out what committees your Senators serve on, or find a committee schedule here.
	www.senate.gov /reference/reference_index_subjects/Committees_vrd.htm (220 words)

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