subcommittee
[suhb-kuh-mit-ee]
Origin of subcommittee
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Contemporary Examples
Something he proved to the stunned faces of the Senate at a subcommittee hearing in 2011.
Or maybe show a photo of Ted Cruz holding a gavel chairing a subcommittee.
But neither the act nor the “request” ever made it out of subcommittee.
The subcommittee also demanded to regulate (Palestinian) Bedouin settlement living there.
Earlier this season, I asked Gansa about Saul's decision to sell Carrie out in front of a Senate subcommittee.
Historical Examples
A subcommittee of seventeen men was appointed to look into the labor situation.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
So the subcommittee consisted of three Republicans and one Democrat.
Civil War and Reconstruction in AlabamaWalter L. Fleming
The doings of this subcommittee in Alabama illustrate their methods.
The Abolition Crusade and Its ConsequencesHilary Abner Herbert
A depot and a subcommittee were established in each ward of the city.
I was not able to carry the amendment to the Sundry Civil bill in the subcommittee.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2Samuel J. Tilden
subcommittee
- a distinct and often subordinate division of a committee
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Word Origin and History for subcommittee
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