Congressional Committees

Confirms POTUS judicial appointments

• House standards of official conduct
• House judiciary
• Senate judiciary
• Senate standards of official conduct

Releases funds - instructs treasury to pay a bill

• Senate appropriations
• House appropriations
• Both house and senate appropriations

Decides on the rules of each individual bill

• House rules
• Senate rules
• House and senate rules

Begins bills increasing/decreasing taxes

• House ways and means
• Senate ways and means
• House and senate ways and means

Ratifies POTUS treaties

• House foreign relations
• Senate foreign relations
• House and senate foreign relations

A bill that incentives veterans to become school security guards would be assigned to

• Education
• Veterans’ affairs
• Either committee (or both at the same time)
• First education and then veterans’