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On October 8, 1940, the Senate established the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises (also known as the Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business). The committee was chaired by James E. Murray (Montana. [1]: i The other members of the special committee were: Francis T. Maloney, Connecticut
This template is the standard infobox to be used on pages for United States congressional committees, past and present, in both the Senate and House, along with joint committees, intended to contain information about a committee's history, current leadership and structure by party, jurisdiction and oversight authority, subcommittees, meeting place, and links to official external resources.
This Subcommittee will evaluate the operation of the financial markets in the United States and their ability to provide needed capital to small businesses. In addition, the Subcommittee will review federal programs, especially those overseen by the SBA, aimed at assisting entrepreneurs in obtaining needed capital.
The Small Business Committee has oversight and legislative jurisdiction over the Small Business Administration and its programs, as well as provides assistance to and protection of small business, including financial aid and the participation of small business enterprises in federal procurement and government contracts.
The joint committees alternate between the chambers, with the majority lead in one serving as chair and the other as vice chair (and their respective minority opposites in the other chamber as ranking member and vice ranking member). The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead.
The table below lists the tenure of when each member was selected for their current term as committee lead. The Republican party rules stipulate that their leads of standing committees may serve no more than three congressional terms (two years each) as chair or ranking member unless the full party conference grants them a waiver to do so. [51]
In United States politics, a ranking member is the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party. [1] On many committees the ranking minority member, along with the Chair , serve as ex officio members of all of the committee's subcommittees.
A Senator may not serve as chair/ranking member of more than two subcommittees. A Senator shall not serve more than 6 years as chair of any standing committee, effective January 1997, plus 6 years as ranking member of a committee. Once a Senator served 6 years chairing a committee, the term would be over. However, if a Senator served 6 years as ...