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Crash Course Government and Politics
Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government #7
Season 1
Episode 7
This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these committees and congresspeople.
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