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12.6 Committees

Learning objectives.

After reading this section, you should be able to answer the following questions:

• What criteria do members use when seeking congressional committee assignments?
• What are the prestige committees in the House and Senate?
• What is the function of investigative committees?

In 1885, Woodrow Wilson famously observed, “Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.” Woodrow Wilson, Congressional Government (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1885), 69. This statement is no less true today. Committees are the lifeblood of Congress. They develop legislation, oversee executive agencies and programs, and conduct investigations.

There are different types of committees that are responsible for particular aspects of congressional work. Standing committees Permanent legislative committees in the House and Senate. are permanent legislative committees. Select committees Special congressional committees that are formed to deal with particular issues or policies. are special committees that are formed to deal with a particular issue or policy. Special committees Committees that investigate problems and issue reports. can investigate problems and issue reports. Joint committees Committees composed of members of the House and Senate who handle matters that require the attention of both bodies. are composed of members of the House and Senate and handle matters that require joint jurisdiction, such as the Postal Service and the Government Printing Office. Subcommittees Committees under the standing committees that handle specific aspects of legislation and policy. handle specialized aspects of legislation and policy.

Committee Assignments

Members seek assignments to committees considering the overlapping goals of getting reelected, influencing policy, and wielding power and influence. They can promote the interests of their constituencies through committee service and at the same time help their chances at reelection. Members from rural districts desire appointments to the Agriculture Committee where they can best influence farm policy. Those most interested in foreign policy seek appointment to committees such as the House Foreign Relations and Senate International Affairs Committees, where they can become embroiled in the pressing issues of the day. Power or prestige committee The most powerful congressional committees; in the House these include Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Rules, and Ways and Means; in the Senate these include Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce, Finance, and Foreign Relations. assignments in the House include Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Rules, and Ways and Means. The most powerful committees in the Senate are Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce, Finance, and Foreign Relations.

House and Senate Committees

A list and description of House and Senate committees can be found at http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd and http://www.contactingthecongress.org/cgi-bin/committee_list.cgi?site=ctc .

Table 12.1 Congressional Committees

Most House members end up getting assigned to at least one committee that they request. In the House, committee assignments can be a ticket to visibility and influence. Committees provide House members with a platform for attracting media attention as journalists will seek them out as policy specialists. Senate committee assignments are not as strongly linked to press visibility as virtually every senator is appointed to at least one powerful committee. The average senator serves on eleven committees and subcommittees, while the average House member serves on five.

Figure 12.11

In the 1950s, Senator Estes Kefauver used controversial comics like “Frisco Mary” to generate press attention for his hearings on juvenile delinquency. This practice of using powerful exhibits to attract media attention to issues continues today.

Source: http://www.crimeboss.com/history03-1.html .

Service on powerful subcommittees can provide a platform for attracting media attention. In 1955, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency staged three days of hearings in New York City as part of its investigation into allegations brought by Senator Estes Kefauver (D-TN), a subcommittee member, that violent comic books could turn children into criminals. The press-friendly hearings featured controversial speakers and slides of comic strips depicting a machine gun–toting woman character named “Frisco Mary” blowing away law enforcement officials without remorse that were circulated widely in the media. Kefauver anticipated that the press generated by these hearings would help him gain publicity for a bid to get on the 1956 Democratic presidential ticket. He lost the presidential nomination battle but ended up the vice presidential candidate for the losing side. Amy Kiste Nyberg, Seal of Approval (Oxford: University of Mississippi Press, 1998).

Committee Work

Committees are powerful gatekeepers. They decide the fate of bills by determining which ones will move forward and be considered by the full House and Senate. Committee members have tremendous influence over the drafting and rewriting of legislation. They have access to experts and information, which gives them an advantage when debating bills on the floor. Kenneth A. Shepsle and Barry R. Weingast, “The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power,” American Political Science Review 81: 85–104.

Committee chairs are especially influential, as they are able to employ tactics that can make or break bills. Powerful chairs master the committee’s subject matter, get to know committee members well, and form coalitions to back their positions. Chairs can reward cooperative members and punish those who oppose them by granting or withholding favors, such as supporting pork barrel legislation that will benefit a member’s district. Richard Fenno, Congressmen in Committees (Boston: Little, Brown, 1973).

Most committee work receives limited media coverage. Investigative hearings are the exception, as they can provide opportunities for high drama.

Committee Investigations

Conducting investigations is one of the most public activities in which congressional committees engage. During the Progressive Era of the 1890s through 1920s, members could gain the attention of muckraking journalists Reporters in the late 1800s to early 1900s who employed an aggressive and dramatic style to expose corruption through newspaper exposés. by holding investigative hearings to expose corruption in business and government. The first of these was the 1913 “Pujo hearings,” in which Rep. Arsene Pujo (D-LA) headed a probe of Wall Street financiers. High-profile investigations in the 1920s included an inquiry into the mismanagement of the Teapot Dome oil reserves. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Congress conducted an investigation of the stock market, targeting Wall Street once again. Newspapers were willing to devote much front-page ink to these hearings, as reports on the hearings increased newspaper readership. In 1950, Senator Kefauver held hearings investigating organized crime that drew 30 million television viewers at a time when the medium was new to American homes. David R. Mayhew, America’s Congress (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000).

The Senate convened a special committee to investigate the Watergate burglaries and cover-up in 1973. The burglars had been directed by President Richard Nixon’s reelection committee to break into and wiretap the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building complex. The Watergate hearings Senate investigation in 1973 into the burglaries at the Democratic National Committee headquarters that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. became a national television event as 319 hours of the hearings were broadcast and watched by 85 percent of American households. Gavel-to-gavel coverage of the hearings was broadcast on National Public Radio. The senators who conducted the investigation, especially Chairman Sam Ervin (D-NC) and Senator Howard Baker (R-TN), became household names. The hearings resulted in the conviction of several of President Nixon’s aides for obstruction of justice and ultimately led to Nixon’s resignation. Ronald Gray, Congressional Television: A Legislative History (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984).

Figure 12.12

The Senate Watergate hearings in 1973 were a major television and radio event that brought Congress to the attention of the entire nation. Film clips of highlights from the Watergate hearings are available on the Watergate Files website of the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum.

Source: Photo courtesy of the US Senate, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThompsonWatergate.jpg .

In 2002, the House Financial Services Committee held thirteen hearings to uncover how Enron Corporation was able to swindle investors and drive up electricity rates in California while its executives lived the high life. Prior to the hearings, which made “Enron” a household word, there was little press coverage of Enron’s questionable operating procedures.

Enron’s Skilling Answers Markey at Hearing; Eyes Roll

A clip of the Enron hearings before the House illustrates how Congress exercises its investigative power.

Enduring Image

The House Un-American Activities Committee and Hollywood

Following World War II, chilly relations existed between the United States and the Communist Soviet Union, a nation that had emerged as a strong power and had exploded an atomic bomb. Ernest Giglio, Here’s Looking at You (New York: Peter Lang, 2000). The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which was established in 1939 to investigate subversive activities, decided to look into allegations that Communists were threatening to overthrow American democracy using force and violence. People in government, the labor movement, and the motion picture industry were accused of being communists. Especially sensational were hearings where Hollywood actors, directors, and writers were called before the HUAC. It was not uncommon for people in Hollywood to have joined the Communist Party during the Great Depression of the 1930s, although many were inactive at the time of the hearings. HUAC alleged that film “was the principle medium through which Communists have sought to inject their propaganda.” Phillip L. Gianos, Politics and Politicians in American Film (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998), 65.

Those accused of being communists, nicknamed “reds,” were called before the HUAC. They were subject to intense questioning by members of Congress and the committee’s counsel. In 1947, HUAC held hearings to investigate the influence of Communists in Hollywood. The “ Hollywood Ten ,” a group of nine screenwriters, including Ring Lardner, Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and director Edward Dmytryk, were paraded before the committee. Members of Congress shouted to the witnesses, “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” They were commanded to provide the names of people they knew to be Communists or face incarceration. Some of the Hollywood Ten responded aggressively to the committee, not answering questions and making statements asserting their First Amendment right to free expression. Blinding flashbulbs provided a constant backdrop to the hearings, as photographers documented images of dramatic face-offs between committee members and the witnesses. Images of the hearings were disseminated widely in front-page photos in newspapers and magazines and on television.

The HUAC hearings immortalized the dramatic image of the congressional investigation featuring direct confrontations between committee members and witnesses.

Source: Photo courtesy of the Harris and Ewing Collection, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agnes_Reynolds_and_Joseph_P_Lash_1939.jpg .

The Hollywood Ten refused to cooperate with HUAC, were cited for contempt of Congress, and sent to prison. Larry Ceplair, “The Hollywood Blacklist,” in The Political Companion to American Film , ed. Gary Crowdus (Chicago: Lakeview Press, 1994), 193–99. They were blacklisted by the leaders of the film industry, along with two hundred other admitted or suspected communists, and were unable to work in the motion picture industry. Pressured by personal and financial ruin, Edward Dmytryk eventually gave in to HUAC’s demands.

Commercial films have perpetuated the dramatic image of congressional hearings made popular by the HUAC investigations. Films released around the time of the hearings tended to justify the actions the HUAC, including Big Jim McClain (1952) and On the Waterfront (1954). The few films made later are more critical. Woody Allen plays a small-time bookie who fronts for blacklisted writers in The Front (1976), a film depicting the personal toll exacted by the HUAC and blacklisting. In Guilty by Suspicion (1991), Robert DeNiro’s character refuses to name names and jeopardizes his career as a director. One of the Hollywood Ten (2000), graphically depicts film director Herbert Biberman’s experience in front of the HUAC before he is jailed for not cooperating.

Key Takeaways

Much of the important work in Congress is accomplished through committees. The fate of legislation—which bills will make it to the floor of the House and Senate—is determined in committees. Members seek committee assignments considering their desire to influence policy, exert influence, and get reelected. Most committee work receives little, if any, media coverage. Investigative committees are the exception when they are covering hearings on high-profile matters.

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But Pérez pledges to install Ald. Pratt as a vice chair within six months.

The Steering & Rules Committee debates Andrea Pratt’s two-committee minimum proposal. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.

The fallout from the Common Council President race continues reverberating through City Hall.

On April 16, José G. Pérez won the race over Milele A. Coggs on a 10-5 vote , but now faces opposition for how he doled out committee assignments and powerful chairmanships .

Now the council appears headed for another divided vote.

A proposal from Alderwoman Andrea Pratt would ensure that each member is given at least two assignments on the council’s seven committees.

Pratt introduced the legislation after Pérez left her with only a single assignment, which she said was a first, while others got three posts. Monday’s Steering & Rules Committee served as the first official committee meeting of the 2024-2028 cycle.

“Should I also not have the opportunity to be nurtured as a new leader?” asked Pratt, referencing a line from Perez’ press release announcing the appointments

But Ald. JoCasta Zamarripa said she believed the matter was resolved; Pratt is to be appointed vice chair of the Judiciary & Legislation Committee within six months. Pérez said that was true; he appointed himself vice chair temporarily to aid newly-elected Alderman DiAndre Jackson in serving as committee chair.

Pérez, as Urban Milwaukee previously confirmed by background discussions with several City Hall insiders, offered the position to Coggs and others before giving it to Jackson.

“I just want to acknowledge that there has been a serious misunderstanding by Alderwoman Pratt and I,” said Pérez after passing the gavel to be able to make a motion. He affirmed that he intended to appoint Pratt the judiciary committee vice chair within six months. “I just don’t think we should change the rules because of this situation. And I look forward to working with everyone going forward.”

He made the remarks to a nearly full committee room, which included many Hispanic community leaders in attendance to support Pérez. Others attended in support of Pratt.

Coggs, participating virtually, said it was “very logical legislation” and should be adopted regardless of the current situation. “In four years there may be a different president than may feel differently than President Pérez.”

She, and Ald. Mark Chambers, Jr. , also said it was a matter of fairness to constituents. “We’re raising people’s pay to sit on one committee? I don’t think that’s what any of our constituents wanted.”

Ald. Scott Spiker said Pratt should show up until she’s given a seat, as he has done at other committees.

“I intend to be present,” said the alderwoman. “I have a note on my door that says, ‘When they don’t invite you to the table, bring the folding chair,’ and that’s what I intend to do.”

When it came time to vote, Pérez’ motion to kill the proposal prevailed 7 to 1. Ald. Russell W. Stamper, II was the lone committee member to vote against his motion. Pérez, Spiker, Jackson, Zamarripa, Marina Dimitrijevic , Robert Bauman and Jonathan Brostoff voted to “place on file” the proposal, the procedural move to reject the proposal.

Only committee chairs, all of whom voted for Pérez to be president, sit on the Steering & Rules Committee. But the full council will still review the proposal.

Also present in the room were Coggs supporters Sharlen P. Moore and Larresa Taylor and Perez backer Peter Burgelis . The only council member not present at Monday’s meeting was Lamont Westmoreland .

But even if it’s adopted, its implementation would not be retroactive, said City Clerk Jim Owczarski . It would only be invoked when Pérez issues new assignments.

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Minnesota State Senator Stripped of Committee Assignments Following Felony Burglary Charges

(KNSI) — Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell has been stripped of her committee assignments and barred from caucus meetings following her arrest on felony burglary charges in Becker County.

Senator Mitchell was charged with felony burglary after allegedly breaking into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home early Monday morning. She claimed she was after some of her late father’s belongings, including his ashes after her stepmother cut off all contact. The criminal complaint says she broke in through a window and was found in the basement dressed all in black with a sock covered flashlight and laptop that wasn’t hers.

Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy called the situation “tragic” but said additional questions need to be answered and while they wait, Mitchell will be relieved of her assignments and won’t be allowed to caucus with the party. She will, however, be allowed to vote remotely. Mitchell is a Democrat and the DFL holds a one seat majority in the Senate, so her her arrest and absence would complicate passage of disputed bills where her vote would be needed. 

Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says her removal from committee assignments is not enough and “as caucus leaders we are responsible to hold our members accountable for their actions. Instead, this half hearted punsihment is a partisan effort to protect a political agenda and allow Sen. Mitchell to be the deciding vote on the floor.”

“Senate Republicans are committed to getting the business done at the Senate – as we demonstrated last week. But we will not tarnish the Senate’s reputation by voting alongside someone facing felony charges and without a final decision by the ethics subcommittee.”

Mitchell’s case has been referred to the Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct. Many have called for her resignation, which she has said she will not do.

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MN senator Nicole Mitchell removed from committee assignments after arrest on burglary charges

Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell was removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings on Sunday a week after she was arrested .

"While the case is under review both in the Senate and in the courts, Senator Mitchell will be relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings," said Democratic Majority Leader Sen. Erin Murphy, of St. Paul, in a statement .

The senator will be removed from responsibilities as Senate and legal investigations continue into her arrest on Monday, April 22. The politician was charged with first-degree burglary and told police she was there to pick up her father's ashes and other sentimental items.

"This is a tragic situation, and there are still questions that need to be answered," said Murphy.

Why was Mitchell arrested?

Mitchell, 49, was arrested and charged with  first-degree burglary  after she was found inside the home of a relative with dementia in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Police Chief Steve Todd previously told USA TODAY. The city is roughly 200 miles northwest of the district she represents. She was booked at the Becker County Jail on last Monday and  released without bail  the day after, local media reported.

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Mitchell, who was wearing all-black clothing and a hat when she was arrested, told police she was picking up her father's ashes and other sentimental items,  USA TODAY previously reported.  

On Tuesday, in a Facebook post, the senator said she learned medical information that caused her to visit the family member.

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The senator adds that the legal investigation is ongoing, and that Michell's case was referred to the Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct on Thursday, April 25 .

Mitchell is currently one of six Minnesota politicians who have been arrested and are still serving the state.

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Milwaukee council dispute taken up at committee after alderwoman says Black women sidelined

The Milwaukee Common Council's most powerful committee Monday recommended against changing council rules to require that each member be assigned to at least two committees ― a vote that followed an alderwoman's allegation that Black women on the council were being sidelined.

Ald. Andrea Pratt said Monday that her appointment to solely one committee by Common Council President José G. Pérez is out of step with past council practice. She sponsored the legislation that was before the Steering and Rules Committee on Monday.

"While we have been assured this decision was a deliberative one done in consultation with other members, it falls tragically short of being equitable," she told the Steering and Rules Committee, which is made up of the chairs of the other seven council committees and the council president.

Pérez was re-elected to serve as council president on April 16 with 10 of the council members backing him and the remaining five backing Ald. Milele Coggs. The new council now has the most African Americans (eight), the most women (six) and the most openly LGBTQ members (two) in its history.

On April 26, Pérez released the committee appointments that list the council members assigned to each committee , including the chair and vice-chair.

In a statement three days later titled, "Back of the Bus," Pratt slammed the committee assignments, saying all four Black women on the council were shut out of committee leadership.

"While the Council now boasts the highest number of Black women ever, there is no Black woman serving as either chair or vice chair on any of the seven standing committees," she wrote.

"This is especially egregious when understanding that the second most senior member of the Council is a Black woman, who served as chair of both the Finance and Personnel Committee and the Licenses Committee for years," Pratt wrote, referencing Coggs.

She called her own appointment to only one committee ― Licenses ― "an additional affront."

Ald. Mark Chambers Jr. also received two committee assignments and no assignment to chair or vice-chair a committee. He, along with the council's four Black women, voted for Coggs and were not appointed to chair or vice-chair positions.

That's not the full story, though.

Pratt is to be appointed the vice-chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee in six months, a position to which Pérez has currently assigned himself, he said at Monday's meeting.

"There has been a serious misunderstanding between Alderwoman Pratt and I," Pérez said at the meeting. "I still have every intention after some onboarding to make her vice-chair of JudLeg in six months."

He moved to place the legislation on file, which would prevent it from going into effect if that committee recommendation is backed by the full council at its meeting on May 21. Seven committee members backed Pérez's motion while Ald. Russell W. Stamper II did not.

Pratt afterward told the Journal Sentinel that with 15 members and seven committees, each member should be on at least two committees.

Coggs was offered the chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee but declined it.

"I regret yet understand and respect your decision not to serve as the chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee this cycle," Pérez wrote to Coggs in an April 26 email released in response to an open records request. "This does not diminish my regard for your leadership or my belief that your knowledge and experience would have been an excellent fit for that body."

Coggs responded that she had been approached for the position after "many members also declined" and asked if he was also emailing them to create a record of the conversation.

"I am sure it is difficult to place members on committees and as I explained to you, I am experienced enough to know where my knowledge and talents are best utilized and Judicial & Legislative Committee is not it," she wrote. "To be clear our prior conversation did not eliminate your ability to attempt to find a more fitting chairmanship or vice-chairmanship for me."

Coggs, who appeared remotely during the meeting, afterward said that the council has an opportunity with Pratt's legislation to make guidelines for the future "so that things are more fair and equitable."

She largely directed questions about the chair position she was offered to her email exchange with Pérez but did say she had wanted to continue chairing the Licenses Committee. The committee, she said, gives her an opportunity to use her law and business degrees while working with the community.

Pérez said afterward that he had put the best people in place to "move the city forward," including with Pratt as vice-chair.

Pérez said he needed time with himself as vice chair to onboard new Ald. DiAndre Jackson, who was appointed chair of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.

Alison Dirr can be reached at [email protected].

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New cted trends alert series highlights challenges, provides recommendations for counter-terrorism and border management efforts in africa.

Despite the efforts of Member States in Africa to strengthen border security, a number of countries continue to face challenges. With terrorism and violent extremism spreading across parts of the African continent, including through the movement of foreign terrorist fighters, the United Nations Security Council has emphasized the need for stronger border security and management.

Between 2018 and 2023, CTED conducted assessment visits on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Committee in 15 African Member States: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

These, and other assessment visits, offer an essential tool for the Counter-Terrorism Committee to remain in open dialogue with Member States, particularly as terrorism threats evolve. The Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) conducts these visits on the Committee’s behalf to assess Member States’ counter-terrorism efforts, including progress made, remaining shortfalls, and priority areas for technical assistance needs, as well as to identify terrorism-related trends and challenges and good practices employed in the implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions.

Based on the reports from these 15 assessment visits CTED today published two new interlinked Trends Alerts , each summarizing key challenges and recommendations related to border management in Africa.

Part 1: Fundamental and cross-cutting challenges

The first Trends Alert, “ Counter-Terrorism and Border Management in Africa: Fundamental and cross-cutting challenges ”, highlights the foundational issues affecting the management of borders in the context of counter-terrorism.

The Trends Alert also outlines a series of common challenges facing Member States. This includes knowledge gaps on migration patterns, security threats, trends and vulnerabilities; the physical features of border posts and offices; governance challenges; broader socioeconomic conditions; the management of national civil databases; and the issuance of visas and admittance of foreign nationals.

Among the Trends Alert's main findings is the need for an integrated approach to border security and management that takes into account local communities and addresses the underlying causes of violent extremism that encourage terrorism. Another is that effective border governance entails enhancing the socioeconomic circumstances of those who reside in the communities that surround borders.

Part 2: Technical and capacity-related gaps

The second Trends Alert, “ Counter-Terrorism and Border Management in Africa: Technical and capacity-related gaps ”, finds the need for Member States to invest more in technology and infrastructure; training for border security personnel; inter-agency coordination; and enhanced regional cooperation. The Trends Alert meanwhile notes that effective border management requires a strategy setting out roles and responsibilities for each agency involved. International cooperation and partnerships, including with the private sector, are also highlighted for the crucial role they can play in strengthening border security in Africa.

The publication discusses a range of challenges, including electricity and communications technology at border posts and offices; technical skills and capacity to detect and investigate illicit cross-border activity; national and cross-border institutional arrangements in border security; the lack of border management strategies and action plans; and access to and interoperability of traveler information databases in real time for screening.

Common recommendations

Both Trends Alerts summarize the most common recommendations, which the Counter-Terrorism Committee has made to Member States on border management. The Trends Alerts outline that the Committee requests that Member States develop and implement all counter-terrorism measures in a manner that fulfils their obligations under international law, including human rights and refugee law.

Additional information:

Trends Alert: Counter-Terrorism and Border Management in Africa