committee assignment

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meaningsofcommitteeandassignment

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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/kəˈmɪt.i/us
/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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assignment
noun
uk
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/us
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies ...
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Thus, we might hypothesize that as the size of a legislature increases, the value of eachcommitteeassignment increases because there are fewer of them per member.
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However, he failed to retain thatcommitteeassignment.
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What began as acommitteeassignmentbecame not just a hobby, but a passion.
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This typically translates into more committee assignments per member compared to the lower house.
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When a legislator switched parties during a congress, we use the affiliation and committee assignments that were accurate for the longest portion of that congress.
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Stable committee assignments give members the leeway and confidence they need to become policy experts within their committee jurisdictions.
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I also ran the model with the number of committee assignments a senator held but the coefficient was not substantively or statistically significant.
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Then, as now, senators used their legislative tools, including committee assignments and bill introduction, to craft legislative agendas that would increase their popularity among potential voters.
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The committee assignments were made public today.
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Often the assignments will be connected to the committee assignments of the member.
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The women took their places on the inaugural council, and each accepted a range of committee assignments.
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Incentives to cooperate include the leadership's power to select committee chairs, determine committee assignments, and provide re-election support in the primary and general elections.
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His other committee assignments and vice chairmanships were unchanged.
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His committee assignments deal with issues of both public health and private healthcare.
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His committee assignments remained the same, although he lost his chairmanship.
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Some two dozen members wanted a guarantee of specific committee assignments, in return for their support.
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Pendergrass' committee assignments led her to develop an interest and expertise in health insurance issues.
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