A Congressional Conference Committee is formed to discuss a bill which has Congress in disagreement over. Senior members of standing committees in each house form the committee that originated the piece of legislation. These committees come into play if both houses have passed different versions of the same bill.
Members of both houses of Congress sit on joint committees.
A conference committee is the committee that is temporarily created to solve differences between two houses over proposed legislation.
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Joint Committees are set up to expedite business between the houses and to help focus public attention on major matters, such as the economy, taxation, or scandals. They include members from both houses of Congress who conduct investigations or special studies.Conference committees are special joint committees that reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate. A conference committee is made up of those members from the House and Senate that originally considered the bill.So the answer is: C. joint committees perform investigative or house keeping duties; conference committees iron out differences in bills from both houses.
Committee chairs in both houses are majority party members and seniority is used to determine which committees members get to choose first concerning committee appointments. The most influential committees are chaired by the senior members of their party.
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Members of both houses of Congress sit on joint committees.
Usually passed by both houses of CongressYes, many times a compromised bill has worked on by a conference committee of the house and senate members.