joint committee

American  

noun

Government.

1. a committee appointed from both houses of a bicameral legislature in order to reach a compromise on their differences concerning a particular issue.

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Etymology

Origin of joint committee

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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joint committee

Those with $10 million or more in IRAs also rose, to about 11,600 people in 2024, from 3,625 in 2019, the joint committee found in its analysis of anonymized tax-return data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The new bill - which introduces more than 40 amendments to the existing law - was expected to be tabled in the current parliament session after incorporating changes suggested by a joint committee of MPs.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

Ultimately, regents serving on a joint committee voted to delay action until its next meeting in May.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Each framed a constitution, at the completion of which a joint committee was appointed to revise and harmonize the two constitutions, but the members of the committees were as belligerent as the conventions they represented.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom