Number: 98-143
Title: Procedural Distinctions between the House and the Committee of the Whole
Authors: Judy Schneider, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, generally referred to as the Committee of the Whole, is a parliamentary device provided for under House rules to allow the House to operate as a committee on which every member of the House serves. This report consists as a table showing the chief distinctions between consideration in the House operating as the House and consideration in Committee of the Whole.
Pages: 2
Date: May 7, 2008