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In the 1st Congress (1789–1791), the House appointed roughly six hundred select committees over the course of two years. [3] By the 3rd Congress (1793–95), Congress had three permanent standing committees, the House Committee on Elections, the House Committee on Claims, and the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, but more than three hundred fifty select committees. [4]
Members of the Committee on Financial Services sit in the tiers of raised chairs (R), while those testifying and audience members sit below (L). There are two main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are selected by whichever party is in the ...
This is a complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators can be a member of more than one committee. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration (1995)
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
Pages in category "Select Committees of the United States Congress" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meet on Capitol Hill on July 27, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
Four Senate committees instead refer to the ranking minority member as vice chairperson: the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The chairpersons and ranking members in each committee are also elected by the political ...
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is currently the top Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and intends to become the chair in January. But special rules dictate with this sensitive ...