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Recent Examples of standing committee
Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
And the chairs of House GOP standing committees met with Trump on Saturday evening.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Altogether, there are 72 delegates, five alternates, 10 standing committee members, and five staffers attending the convention, according to the Tennessee Democratic Party.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2024
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
And the chairs of House GOP standing committees met with Trump on Saturday evening.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Altogether, there are 72 delegates, five alternates, 10 standing committee members, and five staffers attending the convention, according to the Tennessee Democratic Party.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing committee
Noun
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Microsoft and its GitHub coding platform subsidiary also joined MCP’s steering committee.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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In Monday night's steering committee vote, Representative Crockett received just six votes.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Republicans rebel against party leadership over Epstein files Republicans on a US Congressional subcommittee rebelled against party leadership by voting to subpoena Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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The files must be released to the House Oversight subcommittee.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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“Standing committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20committee. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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