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The first committee to be established by Congress was on April 2, 1789, during the First Congress. It was a select committee assigned to prepare and report standing rules and orders for House proceedings and it lasted just five days, dissolving after submitting its report to the full House. Since that time, Congress has always relied on ...
After committee deliberation, the Senate passed a joint resolution in 1955 authorizing Army General Douglas MacArthur to the post of General of the Armies of the United States. The first Senate committee was established April 7, 1789, to draw up Senate rules of procedure. In those early days, the Senate operated with temporary select committees ...
Although the term "Secretary" is usually used to name the most senior official of a government department, some departments have different titles to name such officials. For instance, the Department of Justice uses the term "Attorney General" instead of "Justice Secretary", but the Attorney General is nonetheless a cabinet-level position.
A conference committee is a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill. A conference committee is usually composed of senior members of the standing committees of each house that originally considered the legislation.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday ...
A nominating committee (or nominations committee) is a group formed for the purpose of nominating candidates for office or the board in an organization. [26] It may consist of members from inside the organization. Sometimes a governance committee takes the role of a nominating committee.
Capitol Police officers remove a demonstrator during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Jan. 14, 2025.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, is seen during a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2024.