United States House Committee on Ways and Means

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congressional committee standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

The United States House Committee on Ways and Means is a powerful standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for legislation on taxation, tariffs, Social Security, Medicare, and other revenue-related programs.

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Surface form	Occurrences
House Committee on Ways and Means	2
House Ways and Means Committee	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congressional committee ⓘ standing committee of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
canReport	revenue bills to the House floor ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governingLaw	rules of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Medicare ⓘ Social Security ⓘ bonded debt of the United States ⓘ customs revenue ⓘ federal revenue measures ⓘ federal taxation ⓘ national social insurance programs ⓘ portions of the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ revenue-related programs ⓘ tariffs ⓘ trade agreements implementation legislation ⓘ unemployment compensation ⓘ welfare programs within its jurisdiction ⓘ
hasPower	originates all revenue-related bills in the House ⓘ
hasSubcommittee	Subcommittee on Health ⓘ Subcommittee on Oversight ⓘ Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures ⓘ Subcommittee on Social Security ⓘ Subcommittee on Trade ⓘ Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the most powerful committees in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest committees of the United States Congress ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
overseesProgram	Medicare ⓘ surface form: Medicare program Social Security ⓘ surface form: Social Security program Supplemental Security Income ⓘ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ⓘ federal child support enforcement ⓘ foster care and adoption assistance programs ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
playsKeyRoleIn	federal budget process ⓘ tax policy formation ⓘ trade policy legislation ⓘ
responsibleFor	considering changes to the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ considering legislation affecting Medicare financing ⓘ considering legislation affecting Social Security financing ⓘ considering legislation affecting federal welfare policy within its jurisdiction ⓘ drafting tax legislation ⓘ
sector	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
typeOfPower	revenue-raising authority ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congressional tax-writing committees → hasMember → United States House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ

Congressional tax-writing committees → hasNotableMemberCommittee → United States House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ

this entity surface form: House Ways and Means Committee

John Randolph of Roanoke → memberOf → United States House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ

this entity surface form: House Committee on Ways and Means

Joint Committee on Taxation → supportsCommittee → United States House Committee on Ways and Means ⓘ

this entity surface form: House Committee on Ways and Means