joint committee

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of joint committee¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

Example Sentences

According to a 2022 analysis by researchers at the nonpartisan Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and the Federal Reserve, workers’ earnings gains from the 2017 cuts are “concentrated in executive pay” and the best-paid 10% of employees.

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Separately, O'Flaherty has written to the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee Sarah Owen and Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights Lord Alton to warn against creating legal uncertainty for transgender people as the UK government implements a Supreme Court judgement made earlier this year.

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"As with all vaccine programmes, the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation will keep the programme under constant review," he said.

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A written response will be issued within six months and be presented to the UK-EU joint committee, the formal body which oversees the arrangements of the Windsor Framework.

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Holly Hollman, general counsel for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, which supports preservation of the Johnson Amendment, said that, if approved by Campbell, the consent order would amount to an end-run around Congress — and one defying most Americans’ wishes.

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