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CD273: Inside Congressional Committees with Dr. Maya Kornberg

Congressional Dish

CHAPTER

The Impediment to Change in Congress

The January 6th committee is definitely one of those committees that everyone knows about, but that committee is really unique. So the committees that I was just referring to are standing committees. That is their permanent committees. They haven't changed in a while. But then Congress has and still continues to create these select committees. These are temporary committees that Congress might create in order to deal with a specific issue of the day like the January 6th Committee. Those committees are easier to create with a resolution. And of course do not benefit from the long term staff and organizational memory of permanent committees though.

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