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Examples of standing committee in a Sentence
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Davis called a special meeting of the Unified Government’s Neighborhood and Community Development standing committee to take place May 15.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
But real decision-making authority remains firmly in the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo and its seven-member standing committee.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hui had been part of the CPPCC’s elite 300-member standing committee since 2013, but he was told not to attend the annual convention in March last year as his property group became the biggest casualty of the nation’s credit crunch.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
The decision was approved by the standing committee of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, according to CCTV.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
China’s top legislators, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, meet through Tuesday and are likely to discuss a proposal for the early issuance of new local government debt and the appointment of key personnel.
—Vince Golle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
City Council was also expected to vote on a resolution establishing gun-free zones in certain parts of the city but referred the issue to the public health and safety standing committee.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
The parliament on Sunday also proposed amendments to a lawmaking procedure during an emergency that would allow its decision-making standing committee to skip multiple rounds of discussion before passing legislation.
—Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
The Trump and Biden administrations have imposed sanctions targeting senior Chinese officials, including members of the Communist Party’s 25-strong Politburo, vice chairpersons of the Chinese legislature’s standing committee and a number of officials involved in Hong Kong policy.
—Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 10 June 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1632, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of standing committee was
circa 1632
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“Standing committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standing%20committee. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
standing committee
noun
: a permanent committee
especially
: one in a house or senate with jurisdiction over legislation in a particular area (as the judiciary or the armed services)
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