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conference committeeA temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usua [..]
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conference committeeA temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees that is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usual [..]
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conference committee A committee, consisting of three members from each house, which is appointed to resolve differences in a bill or resolution that has been passed in different versions in each house.
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conference committeeComité de Conferencia
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conference committeeThe place where select members of the two chambers of a bicameral legislature meet to form a compromise version of their different versions of the same bill. Critics charge that it is the most corrupt [..]
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conference committeeA committee which may be appointed to discuss specific differences of opinion between the House and Senate on bills which have passed each house but with differing positions on one or more amendments.
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conference committeea joint committee that is appointed to hold a conference on differing versions of a bill
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conference committeeA joint Assembly and Senate committee composed of six legislators, three from each House. The conference committee meets in public session to reconcile differences between the Assembly and Senate vers [..]
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conference committeeConference committee is the joint meeting of two committees, one from each house of the bicameral legislature. The committee is usually appointed for adjusting the differences in a bill passed by both [..]
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conference committeeA group of members from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate tasked with resolving differences in similar legislation passed by both chambers.
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conference committeeusually composed of three legislators (generally two from the majority party; one from the minority party) from each house who meet in public session to forge one version of similar Senate and Assembly bills. The final conference committee version must be approved by both Assembly and Senate. Assembly conferees are chosen by the Speaker; Senate con [..]
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conference committeeA committee usually consisting of two or three members of each house, appointed by their respective presiding officers. A conference committee is appointed when one house refuses to concur with amendm [..]
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