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    complete list of U.S. congressional committees (standing committees and select or special committees) that are operating in the United States Senate. Senators...
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    Established in 1816 as one of the original standing committees in the United States Senate, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary is one of the oldest and most...
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    main types of congressional committees in the United States House of Representatives, standing committees and select committees. Committee chairs are...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate. It has...
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    The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered...
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    The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the...
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    House of Representatives List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service List of United States Senate committees List of United States...
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    The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and...
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    is one of twenty standing committees in the United States Senate. The committee was formally established as the "Committee on Banking and Currency" in...
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    the committee system was first developed. The 1946 act reduced the number of House committees from 48 to 19 and the number of Senate committees from...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over matters...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) generally considers matters relating to these issues. Its jurisdiction...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending...
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  • This is a list of active joint United States congressional committees. For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is...
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  • List of current United States senators List of current United States Senate committees Seniority in the United States House of Representatives List of...
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  • select committee, though the word select is no longer a part of its name. Some select committees are called special committees, such as the Senate Special...
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    of the U.S. Senate The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the...
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    Members of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 115th Congress List of current United States Senate committees United States House Committee on Ethics...
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    Campaign Activities, was a special committee established by the United States Senate, S.Res. 60, in 1973, to investigate the Watergate scandal, with the...
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    The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over the Small...
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    The Church Committee (formally the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities) was...
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    The United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs deals with oversight of United States veterans problems and issues. The committee was created...
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  • The United States Senate Committee on Claims was among the first standing committees established in the Senate. It dealt generally with issues related...
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    The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States...
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    with its Senate counterpart. The bills passed by the Appropriations Committee regulate expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such...
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  • The United States Congress has operated with more than 1,500 standing, special, select, or joint committees over the years. Most of these committees are...
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  • The United States Senate Democratic Policy Committee is responsible for the creation of new United States Democratic Party policy proposals, supporting...
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    2024 United States Senate election in Montana will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Montana...
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    2024 United States Senate election in Nevada will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nevada...
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