Congressional Committees

Read Section 4 of chapter 5, Congressional Committees.

Use the following websites to look up which committees our representatives in Congress are on:

List the purposes of Committees
Describe the types of committees
How has the seniority system changed?

House
Greg Walden (Oregon 2nd District)

Senate
Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley

Research which bill(s) the committee are reviewing.  What are the interest group(s) behind and against the measure?

Organization

Legislator: name
Committee:
Bill: piece of proposed legislation (what will it do / create?)
Interest groups (for/against)