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[1] [2] The Ethics, House Administration, Rules and all select committees are chosen by the party leaders (Speaker in the majority and Minority Leader in the minority). Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules.
The U.S. House Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. Before the 112th Congress, it was known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. [1] The House Ethics Committee has often received criticism.
House Rule XI states: the "Rules of the House are the rules of its committees and subcommittees so far as applicable...." According to clause 1(a)(2) of the same rule, "each subcommittee of a committee is a part of that committee, and is subject to the authority and direction of that committee and to its rules, so far as applicable."
The U.S. House Committee on Ethics recently referred questions about whether Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick broke campaign finance laws to an investigative subcommittee, extending a review that ...
The House Committee on Ethics has issued new requirements for House members' campaign and leadership PAC funds, requiring them to maintain records demonstrating the specific campaign purpose of ...
The House Ethics Committee was in the final stages of its investigation into Gaetz when Trump named the firebrand Florida congressman -- who resigned from the lower chamber on Thursday -- for the ...
United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; United States House Committee on Small Business; United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
After Republicans gained control of the House in the 1994 elections, the committee was reorganized to include seven subcommittees instead of 14. This reorganization consolidated the jurisdiction previously covered by three full committees and resulted in a 50 percent cut in staff. [ 18 ]