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

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rules committee

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

As has been the case at other public hearings, comment at Monday’s crowded rules committee was impassioned and lengthy.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat, leads the rules committee and will have a major say in any AI-focused legislation on elections moving through Congress.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

The conference appointed a football rules committee, which, amalgamating if possible with the old football rules committee, was to adopt rules that would revise the game of football—that would make it a new game.

From The Forward Pass in Football by Berry, Elmer