2006-12-11 15:52:04 · 7 answers · asked by Kali 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
mostly because there are a large number of bills and limited time. If you can weed out the bad bills in committee, you don't' have to spend as much time on the floor. Committees are very important especially in the house because of the vast amount of differing legislation.
2006-12-11 16:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because some members of congress have unique experience with certain issues that the rest of congress may not share...it's kinda like a specialty function. Some doctors are pediatricians, others are dermatologists...
After the experts on whatever issue is in committee, the "experts" report to the rest of the congress so that the congress can make a more informed decision.
It is actually a pretty good system.
2006-12-12 00:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You use committees to represent the whole house and look over the proposals. Smaller groups of members can meet and discuss things easier than the whole house. Plus, then, you can have several committees talking about things at the same time. More can get done.
Otherwise, you'd have to have the whole House or Senate look over every single bill. That would take forever. And you could only look at one thing at a time without committees.
Not just Congress, almost all organizations do this.
2006-12-12 00:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by joannaserah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an incredible amount of bills are proposed in Congress , it is just a Way to split up the work load so that senator Kennedy has time to go swimming.
2006-12-12 00:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by ams 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR CONGRESS CAN'T INVESTIGATE EVERY BILL SO THEY NEED COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE THEM AND REPORT THEIR FINDINGS AS ANY GOOD BUSINESS MAN WOULD DO , THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOME COMMIT TIES WILL DELIBERATELY GIVE FALSE INFO TO GA A BILL THEY LIKE PASSED, OR SOME MAY BE TO DAMNED LAZY TO DO THEIR HOME WORK AND GIVE BAD INFO, SAME AS OUR c,i,a, DID WHEN THEY TOLD OUR PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS THAT SA DAM HAD ALL OF THESE W,M,D,
2006-12-12 00:47:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be too cumbersome for all of Congress to debate every issue in detail.
2006-12-12 01:17:53 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just too much work and not efficient to have everybody do everything.
breaking it down makes sense.
the idea of having so many, theoritically, different people is to allow their talents to work.
2006-12-12 00:02:14 · answer #7 · answered by joe f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋