Meaning committee of the whole
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committee of the whole


a committee consisting of all the members of the Houseusually formed to consider a bill in detail.
Source: naurugov.nr

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committee of the whole


The working title of what is formally "The Committee of the Whole House (of Representatives) on the State of the Union." The membership is composed of all House members sitting as a [..]
Source: thecapitol.net

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committee of the whole


    A parliamentary procedure (in the Senate) in which the entire body becomes a committee for the purpose of working on a bill or joint resolution.
Source: legislature.mi.gov

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committee of the whole


a committee consisting of all the members of the Senate usually formed to consider a bill in detail. (The House of Representatives considers bills in detail without entering into a committee of the wh [..]
Source: aph.gov.au

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committee of the whole


A committee including all members of the House. It allows bills and resolutions to be considered without adhering to all the formal rules of a House session, such as needing a quorum of 218. All measu [..]
Source: votesmart.org

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committee of the whole


Either house of the legislature sitting in its entirety as a committee to consider bills or issues.
Source: ncsl.org

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committee of the whole


the whole membership of a legislative house (as the House of Representatives) sitting as a committee and operating under informal parliamentary rules called also Committee of the Whole House on the .. [..]
Source: dictionary.findlaw.com

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committee of the whole


The entire Assembly or Senate sitting as a committee to consider any matter properly presented to it.
Source: leginfo.ca.gov

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committee of the whole


A Committee of the Whole is a mechanism in which a deliberative assembly is considered one large committee including all the members of the parent body. It is created for the purposes of discussion an [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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committee of the whole


All of the Members of the House sitting in the Chamber as a committee. Presided over by the Speaker, it studies appropriation bills and any other matters referred to it by the House.
Source: parliament.gov.gy

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committee of the whole


A working group set up by the Conference of the Parties to facilitate discussions on specific issues. When the Committee finishes its work it turns the resulting texts over to the COP to finalise and adopt them during a plenary session.
Source: unccd.int





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