Congressional Committees
Standing Committees: Seperate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas. Senate-standing committees= Armed Services, Budget, Finance, Rules and Administration, and Veterans' Affairs. House-standing committees=Armed Services, Budget, Financial Services, Rules, Veterans' Affairs. The standing committees are very similar with each body of Congress.
Joint Committees: Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses. The difference between joint and standing committees is that joint committees have members from both the Senate and the House in the committee, standing committees do not.
Conference Committees: congressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill. Example: The Senate passes a bill on bringing back troops, but the House passes the same bill but in a different way. That's when a conference committee comes in (members from both bodies of congress) and irons out the differences in the two different bills and makes one complete bill with ideas from the Senate and the House.
Select Committees: Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation. These committees can be temporary or permanent and focus on one item for any amount of time.
Joint Committees: Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses. The difference between joint and standing committees is that joint committees have members from both the Senate and the House in the committee, standing committees do not.
Conference Committees: congressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill. Example: The Senate passes a bill on bringing back troops, but the House passes the same bill but in a different way. That's when a conference committee comes in (members from both bodies of congress) and irons out the differences in the two different bills and makes one complete bill with ideas from the Senate and the House.
Select Committees: Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation. These committees can be temporary or permanent and focus on one item for any amount of time.