What Is the Significance of the House Ways and Means

question 40

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the House Ways and Means Committee?

• A) It is the only committee that has the power to report legislation.
• B) It is the primary author of the tax bills, which must originate in the House.
• C) It is the first committee that was ever formed in Congress.
• D) It holds most of the subcommittees in the House within it.

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Definitions:

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