Sentence examples for standing committees from inspiring English sources

Members exercise important functions in standing committees.

Assign no member to more than three standing committees.

He recommends collective-action clauses in bond contracts and standing committees of bondholders.

Bills are passed either by the standing committees or by parliament as a whole.

Each house also is organized into standing committees, which reflect the proportions of the parliamentary groups.

It is not clear whether the panel will ask standing committees to work out any details of spending cuts.

The Riksdag appoints its speaker, deputy speakers, and standing committees, in which parties are represented in proportion to their strength.

Beginning in 1822, congressional oversight was handled by two standing committees: one for the Army, the other for the Navy.

Each house has slightly more than 20 standing committees dealing with such subjects as foreign affairs, finance, and education.

In 1946, the standing committees on military and naval affairs combined to become the Armed Services Committee.

Agenda: modification of standing committees; ratification of the Census 2000 Task Force; creation of an Energy Blackout Task Force.