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Preferred term

conference committees  

Definition(s)

  • Conference committees play such an important part in the legislative process that they are sometimes called the third house of Congress. A bill cannot be sent to the president for signature until it has been approved in identical form by both the Senate and House of Representatives. [Source: Congress A to Z; Conference Committees]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SP4X9Q5Z-4

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