Congressional Committees, 1789-1982

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?Congressional Committees is intended as a guide for those doing a variety of kinds of research on the United States Congress. It serves a number of research purposes by, first, listing all congressional committees in history. This is done in Part I, which constitutes nearly 150 pages of the volume. All entries are numbered and arranged alphabetically by key word subject. The entries provide name of appropriate house, date established with citation giving reason for founding, the Superintendent of Documents classification number (where appropriate), date of termination and citation to any report that may have been the result of termination. Included are standing committees, select and special committees, select and special joint committees, and statutory joint committees .... Cross-references are provided for name changes. Part II contains a bibliography of resources on the subject, a useful table of Dates of Congressional Sessions, ' beginning with 1789 and concluding with 1982, a Chronological List of Committees, ' ending with the 97th Congress of 1982, and lists of House, Joint, and Senate Committees and their appropriate Congressional sessions. Subject index. A substantial introduction gives a brief history of Congressional Committee Structures, ' and the scope, methodology and organization of this excellent checklist. Recommended ....?-Reference Book Review