Fill in the Blanks CommitteesOnline version House and Senate by Stephanie Ganser 1 work signature subcommittees bills chambers purpose enroll differences choose needed continue 116th not economy two issues introduced select temporary 115th content both one permanent investigation identical Senators and house representatives do most of their in committees . Standing committees are those that Congress to Congress . The current Congress is the Congress . The next Congress will be the Congress . These committees cover many different areas and are where bills that are into the chamber begin . These committees divide their work among . Another type of committee is a joint committee . These committees have members from of the chambers on them . They work together on important such as the and taxation . The joint committee may be or temporary depending upon the needs of both . A third type of committee is the special committee . It may also be called a committee . These committees are set up for a specific , perhaps an or to handle an important issue that has come up . Each chamber may have select committees and they are , which means that they will last only for as long as . The last type of committee is a conference committee . This type of committee is created when the that come out of the house and the senate on the same topic are identical . Congress cannot send bills to the president and ask him to . They have to agree on one bill and present that to the president for or veto . Accordingly , this committee gets together and works through the until they have identical bill . After they do , they it and send it to the president .
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