US/Senate

US/Senate
Type	legal
Subgroups	•  United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence •  United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Ethics •  United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging •  United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture_Nutrition_and_Forestry •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Banking_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce_Science_and_Transportation •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health_Education_Labor_and_Pensions •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship •  United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Veterans'_Affairs
Subpage	•US/Senate/Caucus on International Narcotics Control •US/Senate/Committee •US/Senate/Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations •US/Senate/Special Committee on Aging •US/Senate/Watergate Committee

Structure

The Senate uses committees (and their subcommittees) for a variety of purposes, including the review of bills and the oversight of the executive branch. Formally, the whole Senate appoints committee members. In practice, however, the choice of members is made by the political parties. Generally, each party honors the preferences of individual senators, giving priority based on seniority. Each party is allocated seats on committees in proportion to its overall strength.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Thomas Massie	“"Everybody but me has an AIPAC person. It's like your babysitter, your AIPAC babysitter, who's always talking to you for AIPAC." He added that these "babysitters" tend to be from the representative's district, but they're firmly part of AIPAC.”	Thomas Massie	June 2024
US/Congress	“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”		1894

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