Ways and Means Committee

1. A permanent committee of the House of Representatives , which makes recommendations to the House on all bills for raising revenue. The committee is the principal source of legislation concerning issues such as taxation , customs duties , and international trade agreements.

Example Sentences

I'm going to be chairman, speaker, program, and ways-and-means committee of this meeting.

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She simply sat and looked at poor Kate like the chairman of a ways-and-means committee who is waiting to hear all the reports.

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