The Hill

Bring back the conference committees

Constitutionally, legislation must pass the House and Senate with identical language. Reconciling differences, no matter how minor, in bills from the two bodies must be made. Even though bicameral ...
Twin Cities Daily Planet

Conference committees have sometimes unpopular task of compromise

House and Senate conference committees began meeting this week to consider appropriations and language in various omnibus finance bills. The process includes negotiating a compromise and then sending ...
The Telegraph

Senate agrees to set up conference committees on key bills

CONCORD – With Thursday the deadline to form committees of conference, the New Hampshire Senate agreed to a number of House requests including those related to creating a committee for cannabis sales, ...
Washington Examiner

MTG to be on conference committee for NDAA after agreement with McCarthy

In return for her vote on this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) a spot on the House and Senate conference committee ...
E&E

Murkowski urges Dems not to bury conference committee

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is looking to convince wary Democrats against blocking the first energy bill conference committee in a decade. The Senate could ...
West Central Tribune

Conference committees controversial but important

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota voters send 201 lawmakers to St. Paul, expecting each to have a voice in how their tax money is spent, and whether to enact laws affecting them. But the spotlight now shines on ...
WKRN-TV

Franchise and excise tax cut bills heading to conference committee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state’s largest corporate tax cut on record will head to a conference committee after the Senate “refused to recede” from their version of the bill and adopt the House ...
manilatimes

At the bicameral conference committee budget sessions

DESPITE the bicameral conference committee meetings to reconcile the Senate and House of Representatives versions of the 2026 national budget going livestream, things are not looking too admirable, or ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska Legislature forms conference committee for final budget negotiations

JUNEAU — The Alaska House and Senate have appointed six members to a conference committee that will work on final negotiations over the state budget ahead of the end of the legislative session next ...
PBS

Conference Committees Begin

Almanac: At the Capitol is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...
Juneau Empire

$1,000 PFD approved by legislative conference committee as part of final compromise state budget

This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1,000 — the lowest adjusted for inflation since the annual payouts began in 1982, under the compromise state budget for next year approved by a ...