From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Policy Committees
Each party policy committee provides research and other services to members of Congress and also serves as a forum for discussion of party legislative strategy.
Also see Congressional Leadership and Committees; § 5.50, Party Leadership, in Congressional Deskbook.
More
- House Democrats
- House Republican Policy Committee
- Senate Democratic Policy and Communication Committee
- Senate Republican Policy Committee
- Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives – Wikipedia
- Senate Democratic Policy Committee – Wikipedia
- Republican Policy Committee Chairman of the United States Senate – Wikipedia
- “Senate Policy Committees,” CRS Report RL32015 (16-page PDF
) - “Committee Types and Roles,” CRS Report 98-241 (6-page PDF)
- “Committee Assignment Process in the U.S. Senate: Democratic and Republican Party Procedures,” CRS Report RL30743 (19-page PDF)
- “Rules Governing Senate Committee and Subcommittee Assignment Procedures,” CRS Report R46806 (23-page PDF
) - “Party Leaders in the United States Congress, 1789-2017,” CRS Report RL30567 (43-page PDF)
- “Congress’s Early Organization Meetings,” CRS Report RS21339 (6-page PDF)
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