单词 | rules committee |
释义 | > as lemmasRules Committee Rules Committee n. (also with lower-case initials) (in the United States) a state or federal legislative committee responsible for expediting the passage of bills. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > committees of U.S. legislature Committee on Ways and Means1789 Rules Committee1870 1870 Georgia Weekly Tel. 22 Feb. The Rules Committee is opposed to the plan. 1918 H. W. Dodds Procedure in State Legislatures (Annals Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Suppl. No. 1) iv. 60 Enjoying as much parliamentary power as the English cabinet, the rules committee [of the New York Assembly] nevertheless escapes any measure of responsibility before the people. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 12 June 5/2 Lobbying..was so intense the Rules Committee wouldn't release the legislation. 1993 Washington Post National Weekly 12 Apr. 12/1 In the House, the administration relied on hardball tactics by the Democratic leadership, working through the Rules Committee, to forestall any serious revisions in the package. < as lemmas |
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