rules committee

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rules committee¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Assembly Bill 234, also coauthored by Calderon, requires the Speaker of the Assembly and the chairperson of the Senate Rules Committee, or their designees, to serve as nonvoting members of the plan’s governing committee, which is dominated by the insurance carriers who operate and financially back it.

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Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said Johnson’s refusal to swear in Grijalva was “outrageous.”

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Facing pressure from members of the House Rules Committee, Johnson announced he’d send legislators home for summer recess early to avoid further votes related to the so-called “Epstein files” held by the Department of Justice.

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“We all understand that the America First agenda and the American people are best served by putting an end to the Democrat side shows, and that’s what we’re doing by not allowing the Rules Committee to continue with that nonsense this week,” Johnson said.

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“We are not going to let them use this as a political battering ram. The Rules Committee became the ground for them to do that.”

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