2. “Congress in its Committee rooms is Congress at work” -Woodrow Wilson

3.  Majority Party controls the Chair  Chair controls the bills  Senior Minority member is the “Ranking member”  Seniority dictates leadership

4. Standing Committee - A permanent committee in Congress to which all similar bills are sent for consideration, discussion, and debate.

5.  20 Standing Committees in the House.  16 Standing Committees in the Senate

6. Rep. Mike Turner: Armed Services Oversight and Government Reform Select Committee on Intelligence

7.  House Standing Committees: 1.Rules Committee 2.Ways and Means 3.Appropriations 4.Armed Services 5.Judiciary 6.Foreign Affairs 7.Agriculture

8.  Anita Hill Testimony Anita Hill Testimony

9.  Senate Standing Committees: 1.Foreign Relations 2.Appropriations 3.Finance 4.Judiciary 5.Armed Service 6.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

10. Senator Sherrod Brown:  Finance  Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry  Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs  Veteran’s Affairs  Select committee on Ethics

11. Senator Rob Portman:  Budget Committee  Finance Committee  Energy and Natural Resources Committee  Homeland Security and Government Affairs

12. A Select/Special Committee A committee set up for a limited time to investigate a particular matter.

13.  Aging – Special  Ethics – Select  Indian Affairs  Intelligence - Select

15. Joint Committee A committee composed of members of both houses.

16.  Joint Committee on the Library  Joint Committee on Printing  Joint Committee on Taxation  Joint Economic Committee

17. Conference Committee Meets when the House and the Senate will not agree on a bill.

18.  Consider and report favorably  Amend it  Rewrite it – Clean Bill  Reject it  Table it  Report unfavorably  Refuse to consider it

19.  Taiwanese Parliament Taiwanese Parliament