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Congressional Committee (Crash Course)
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Congressional Committee (Crash Course)
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15 Questions

1. Why does congress have committees?

2. Who manages the writing of a bill and the vote about the bill?

3. What is the title of the person who heads the committees?

4. Gatekeeping authority refers to what?

5. Joint committees have what?

6. What do we call the not-standing committees?

7. The House has how many standing committees?

8. What is oversight power?

9. What are the two types of congressional staff?

10. What are the semi-formal groups in Congress called?

11. Newt Gingrich increased power of whom?

12. What do people call a bill that doesn't get enough votes from its committee?

13. The House of Representatives and Senate are divided up into what?

14. What is Proposal Power?

15. What part of congress investigates the finances of any government administrative office?