rules committee

American  

noun

1. a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.

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Etymology

Origin of rules committee

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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rules committee

The council’s five-member rules committee tabled those ideas, saying they need more study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

He argued the court should have dismissed the case as improvidently granted, leaving the rule change to the federal rules committee.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2025

“We will not be implementing a rushed virtual voting process,” Leah Daughtry and Tim Walz, chairs of the convention rules committee, wrote, and "no voting will begin before August 1".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

Dorsey proposed the amendments at the board’s rules committee Monday, which included nearly five hours of impassioned comment from cease-fire supporters who rejected the proposed additions as extremist and racist.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

Then the fate of the bill rests with the rules committee of the House.

From Citizenship A Manual for Voters by Cromwell, Emma Guy