Where do you come up with this stuff?
Select committees are temporarily formed for specific purposes, often to study a particular issue. They usually do not draft legislation. Some, like the select committees to investigate the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, are obviously intended to have limited lives. Others, like the Select Committee on Aging and the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, have existed for a number of years actually produce legislation. Sometimes long-standing select committees eventually become standing committees.
Only Speaker John Boehner can allow the formation of a House Select Committee. The Reps don't need Dem approval to form one.
The newest select committee is the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. It was established during the 110th Congress and renewed for the 111th Congress. The committee is advisory in nature, and lacks the legislative authority granted to standing committees. The Committee was disbanded by the House in 2011 following Republican victories at the 2010 mid-terms. Pelosi set this committee up chaired by Markey.
Only Speaker John Boehner can allow the formation of a House Select Committee. The Reps don’t need Dem approval to form one.
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Right. But the Dems can easily “de-legitimize” it by not showing up and saying later all the findings were “political.” Much like the Wisconsin strategy.
Plus, if the entire debate is pared down to formation of a committee then the substance of Benghzi is lost on people. It becomes a “process” debate blah blah blah.
Plus. I don’t trust Boehner.