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

“I personally agree this should be removed,” Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said during a meeting of the House Rules Committee on Tuesday.

From Salon

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., took to social media after the Rules Committee shot down her amendment to remove the provision.

From Salon

“Republicans in the Rules committee just green-lit corrupt Senator payouts,” she wrote on X.

From Salon

The House Rules Committee advanced the bill in a procedural party-line vote by 8-4 in the early hours of Wednesday morning, capping a seven-hour session.

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times