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select committee

专门委员会,特别委员会,专委会,专责委员会

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.

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  • In a select committee, those concerns would almost certainly become realities.

  • Notably, a select committee would be composed of members of Congress rather than outside experts, and the subpoena power would function differently — but, crucially, it could also be created with only a simple majority vote in the House.

  • There are also drawbacks to a select committee, however — some very real, and some still hypothetical.

  • The select committee would also have stronger subpoena power because GOP Members can’t block subpoenas.

  • Moments later, he sent a letter to Democratic colleagues vowing to find answers, perhaps through a special select committee.

  • Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.

  • Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.

  • All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.

  • Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.

  • Still, his conviction will restart a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions.

  • I do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.

  • Of the methods given, the physician should select the one which best meets his needs.

  • In the case of the Midland—they appointed a committee of inquiry, and the directors assented to the appointment.

  • Mr. Wainwright acted as secretary and I kept the minute book and papers relating to the business of the committee.

  • This Committee shall be divided into three sections, viz.:—Of diplomacy; of the navy; and of the army.