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Special, Select, and Other
Indian Affairs
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Joint Committee on the Library
Joint Economic Committee
About The Committee System
Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, Congress divides its tasks among approximately 250 committees and sub committees. The House and Senate each have their own committee system, which are similar. Within chamber guidelines, however, each committee adopts its own rules; thus, there is considerable variation among panels.

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US Senate Caucuses

Informal congressional groups and organizations of Members with shared interests in specific issues or philosophies have been part of the American policymaking process since colonial times.  Typically, these groups organize without official recognition by the chamber and are not funded through the appropriation process.

In the Senate there is one officially recognized caucus -- the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control established by law in 1985.
 

Listen to committee hearings live via CapitolHearings.org, a service of C-Span.

See the relationships among Senate leaders and officers who manage the flow of legislative and administrative business in the Senate.  

Learn about the history of the Senate committee system, and how it has evolved since the Senate created its first permanent committees in 1816.  

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