House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins
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This report addresses some of the critical matters a House committee chair confronts from the time of the early organization meetings in November to approximately the spring district work-period in March or April. The report is divided into the following sections: Transition, Administrative Matters, Committee Organization, Committee Procedure and the Role of the Chair, Procedural Tools for Committee Chairs, Floor Consideration and the Role of the Chair, and Legislative Issues and Agenda.
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Description
This report addresses some of the critical matters a House committee chair confronts from the time of the early organization meetings in November to approximately the spring district work-period in March or April. The report is divided into the following sections: Transition, Administrative Matters, Committee Organization, Committee Procedure and the Role of the Chair, Procedural Tools for Committee Chairs, Floor Consideration and the Role of the Chair, and Legislative Issues and Agenda.
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Schneider, Judy & Koempel, Michael L.House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions as One Congress Ends and a New Congress Begins,
report,
October 5, 2010;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29716/:
accessed February 13, 2025),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
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