The most
important House committees are those on Ways and Means (which has
charge of all bills for raising revenue), Appropriations, Banking
and Currency, Foreign Affairs, and Military Affairs. In the Senate
of the 61st Congress there were 72 standing committees. The number
of members on a committee was in most cases 9 or 11. A few of the
Senate committees are those on Finance (corresponding to the
Committee on Ways and Means in the House), Agriculture, Commerce,
and Foreign Relations.
Both in the House and in the Senate every member is on some
committee, and some members have places on several committees. In
both houses the committees are elected. The chairman and a majority
of the members of each committee are from the members of the party
that has a majority in the house.
Steps in the Progress of a Bill.--(1) The first step in the
progress of a bill is its _introduction_. This is done in the House by
merely placing the bill in a basket on the clerk's desk.
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