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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Committees and Bills

The assignment.

For next time, ch. 8

The most reassuring video I will show you all semester:

Simulation committees?

Think about where you come from.  If you were a House member from that district, what committees would you want?

  • How members end up on committees
    • "Steering committees" in House & Senate (Davidson pp. 190-195 of print ed)
    • Speaker-appointed House committees: Rules, House Administration, Intelligence
    • Seniority and other criteria
  • Removals:  The case of Ilhan Omar
  • House and Senate jurisdictions are not quite the same.



LEGISLATION REALLY CAN PASS (more later)


USA PATRIOT Act:  “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

 

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