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A '''conference committee''' is a joint committee of a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] [[legislature]], which is appointed by, and consists of, members of both chambers to resolve disagreements on a particular [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]]. |
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== Description == |
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While such committees are common in the [[United States Congress]] and legislatures in other countries with [[Presidential system|Presidential Systems]], they are no longer in use in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] or most other bicameral [[Westminster system]] parliaments.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} A conference committee is usually composed of the senior members of the [[standing committee]]s of each House that originally considered the legislation. In the United States Congress, a Conference Committee is a temporary panel of House and Senate negotiators, created to resolve differences between the versions of similar House and Senate bills. |
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== See also == |
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*[[United States congressional conference committee]] |
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*[[Joint committee]] |
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*[[Permanent committee]], to represent the [[chambers of parliament|chamber]] in the time between [[Session (parliamentary procedure)|session]]s |
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*[[Special committee]]s, to research a comparatively limited subjects |
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== References == |
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* {{cite web | url = http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/confcomm.htm | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060612214553/http://c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/confcomm.htm | title = Glossary: Conference committee | publisher = C-SPAN | archivedate = June 12, 2006 | accessdate = June 21, 2012}} |
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[[Category:Legislatures]] |
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[[Category:Ad hoc committees]] |
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[[Category:Joint committees]] |
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