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What is a standing committee?

What is a standing committee? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.
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He has served as a member of the standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs and the standing committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We remember our poets with trustees, and the immortality of a genius is watched by a standing committee.
She is scheduled to formally open the advisory council's standing committee meeting on Thursday.
This project has a long history, going back to 1939, when the first standing committee for the cenotaph was set up at the Hull branch.
In 1883 the House of Representatives established a standing committee on labor.
After second reading, most bills are sent to a standing committee for detailed discussion.

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