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===Committees=== | ===Committees=== | ||
While the format below, "House XXX Committee" is used for standardization, formally or informally, some committees may be called "House Committee on XXX." | While the format below, "House XXX Committee" is used for standardization, formally or informally, some committees may be called "House Committee on XXX." | ||
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Parent topics
- U.S. Congress [r]: The legislature of the United States federal government, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. [e]
- Lower house [r]: One of two chambers of a bicameral legislature. [e]
Leadership
- U.S. Speaker of the House [r]: Highest-ranking member of the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives; always from the majority party, currently John Boehner of Ohio. [e]}
- U.S. House Majority Leader [r]: Second-ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives majority party, currently Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia. [e]
- U.S. House Minority Leader [r]: Leader of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, currently Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. [e]
- U.S. House Majority Whip [r]: Third-ranking member of the majority leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, currently Kevin McCarthy, who leads the U.S. House Majority Whip Team. [e]
- U.S. House Minority Whip [r]: Second-ranking member of the Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, who heads the U.S. House Minority Whip Team; currently Rep. Steny Hoyer. [e]
Committees
While the format below, "House XXX Committee" is used for standardization, formally or informally, some committees may be called "House Committee on XXX."
- House Agriculture Committee
- House Appropriations Committee
- House Armed Services Committee
- House Budget Committee
- House Education and Labor Committee
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- House Financial Services Committee
- House Foreign Affairs Committee
- House Homeland Security Committee
- House Administration Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- House Natural Resources Committee
- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- House Rules Committee
- House Science and Technology Committee
- House Small Business Committee
- House Standards of Official Conduct Committee
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
There are also joint Senate-House commitees.
- Joint Economic Committee
- Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
- Joint Committee on Taxation
Related topics
- U.S. Senate [r]: The upper house of the United States Congress. [e]
- Government of the United States of America [r]: Add brief definition or description