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There are 41 standing committees in the Philippine Senate for the 19th Congress as of May 22, 2024. [2] [3] [4]According to the Rules of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members of all standing committees.
Before the American Civil War, members of Congress did not have staff assistance or even offices, and "most members worked at their desks on the floor." [1]In 1891, Congress had a total of 146 staff members: 37 Senate personal staff, 39 Senate committee staff, and 62 House committee staff (37 of whom only worked during congressional sessions). [2]
Prior to 2001, it was referred to as the Senate Health and Fitness Facility (without mentioning the "staff"). A revolving fund administered by the Department of the Treasury for the Architect of the Capitol to run the facility was established in Chapter 4, Section 121f of the Title 2 of the United States Code .
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts.A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most senior member of the Senate when he died.
The Senate Watergate Committee, known officially as the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, was a special committee established by the United States Senate, S.Res. 60, in 1973, to investigate the Watergate scandal, with the power to investigate the break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the ...
The committee has its roots in the Committee on Commerce and Manufacturers, which served as a standing committee in the early-1800s.This committee was split in two in the 1820s and remained in this configuration until the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate.The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to taxation and other revenue measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions; bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery ...
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards.