rules committee

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noun

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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Origin of rules committee

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby rules committee

rule of thumb, rule out, ruler, rulership, Rules, rules committee, rules of order, rule the roost, ruling, ruling elder, ruling grade

How to use rules committee in a sentence

Being on the rules committee, there’s no consensus on anything.
You might not like college football’s new overtime rules, but do you have a better plan?|Chuck Culpepper|October 28, 2021|Washington Post
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rules change would have required all candidates to do the same.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Not only do children thus of themselves extend the scope of our commands, they show a disposition to make rules for themselves.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
Branches are to be operated under rules and regulations approved by the Federal Reserve Board.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips