In the United States Congress, if a committee is formed to investigate one topic it is called a special committee. Some special committees have had huge impacts like the Ways and Means Committee that started out as a special committee. This committee moved on to become a regular committee and created the treasury department.
Standing Committees
They are a permanent body with a fixed jurisdiction. That means that they are tasked with dealing with one specific issue area, which is why they might also be called subject matter committees.
It is called the Congress, the lawmaking body of the government.
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Joint or select committees
The permanent committees of Congress are called a standing committee. The standing committees of each house are controlled by the majority leader.
Regular committees within the congress are known as standing committees.
Standing Committees
They are a permanent body with a fixed jurisdiction. That means that they are tasked with dealing with one specific issue area, which is why they might also be called subject matter committees.
It is called the Congress, the lawmaking body of the government.
Select (or special) committees are temporary committees appointed for specific purposes, such as investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
I am not an expert, but I think they are called committees.
Congressional standing committees are sometimes called subject matter committees because they deal with specific policy issues. They have special responsibility in certain subject areas that are fixed. For example, the House Ways and Means committee has the responsibility to deal with the subject matter of taxation.
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standing committees
The underground networks of communication and propaganda were called Committees of Correspondence. They were established by Samuel Adams to sustain colonial resistance.
Congressional Committees made up of members from both the Senate and the House are called Joint Committees. Some examples of such committees are the Joint Economic Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation.