A group of Congress members is contacted by members of a committee who would like to submit a bill for a debate. The group reviews the bill as well as the courrent schedule of debates. After the review, the group decides that the bill is not important enough to justify a debate. The group refuses to schedule a debate, killing the bill. Which congressional group is most likely described in the passage?

a. the house rules committee

b. the committee of the whole

c. the house ways and means committee

d. a conference committee

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Juliette Levy

20 March, 09:45

A group of Congress members is contacted by members of a committee who would like to submit a bill for a debate. The group reviews the bill as well as the courrent schedule of debates. After the review, the group decides that the bill is not important enough to justify a debate. The group refuses to schedule a debate, killing the bill. Which congressional group is most likely described in the passage?

a. the house rules committee

b. the committee of the whole

c. the house ways and means committee

d. a conference committee

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Kate Powers · Answer 1

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B. the committee of the whole

Explanation

In the United States, the House of Representatives has a committee of the whole House which includes all members of the House. Whenever the House resolves itself to form this committee, there is a specific matter that requires deliberation. When the committee has completed its task, it ceases to exist. In this example, the task of the group was to review the bill as the current schedule of debates. After the review the group decided that the bill was not important enough to justify a debate, thus it refused to arrange a schedule and killed the bill.