committee of the whole

Then he returned home and reported progress, like a committee of the whole.

"In the committee of the whole things are working very well.

(2) Committees of the whole House, which are as the name suggest.

The bill was committed to a Committee of the whole House, read a third time and passed the same day.

The house now resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to consider the accommodations and arrangements for the meeting.

He saw the bill go into Committee of the whole and struggle for its life again, and finally worry through.

Details were again settled by the Committee of the Whole.

The Committee of the Whole can recommend amendments to any bill.

Randolph's report was referred to the Committee of the Whole, which took no action.

Unlike the Senate, the House does not utilize the committee of the whole.

In the case where a Bill has been before a committee of the whole House, it is a purely formal stage.

By vote, all present were constituted a committee of the whole for the transaction of business.

To dissolve itself, the Committee of the Whole must "rise and report with a recommendation".

Once the Committee of the Whole approves an act it is presented for a vote by the states.

The Committee of the whole House stage began on 3 December 2007.

The Bill was subsequently committed to a committee of the whole House for detailed scrutiny.

A quorum of the Committee of the Whole is 100 members.

Time to report progress from the committee of the whole," and the Senator beamed with his own congressional wit.

He served a single term in the legislature as chair of the Committee of the Whole.

Alternatively, the bill may be recommitted for consideration by the Committee of the Whole.

The Committee of the Whole resumed its sitting.

The bill then stands recommitted to a committee of the whole Parliament on those provisions, and the proposed amendments are considered.

If the motion passes, the bill goes straight to its Third Reading, without a Committee of the whole.

The Convention resolved itself into a "Committee of the Whole", and could remain so for days.

(In a committee of the whole meeting, all members get together to discuss issues of common concern.)