Assertion: committee | /r/HasAspect | the power
Facets:
value: over currency
type: OTHER
value: over tariffs
type: OTHER
value: over banking
type: OTHER
value: over appropriations
type: OTHER
value: over taxation
type: OTHER
value: over issues
type: OTHER
value: originally
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Depending on the organization, this committee may be empowered to actively seek out candidates or may only have the power to receive nominations from members and verify that the candidates are eligible.
text: Originally, the Committee had power over tariffs, taxation, banking and currency issues and appropriations.
text: A committee has no power to punish its members for disorderly conduct, its recourse being to report the facts to the assembly.
text: It also has the power to enforce established federal budget rules, hold budget-related investigations, and subpoena witnesses.
text: Most evidence taken by committees (both written submissions and transcripts of public hearings) is published, however committees have the power to take evidence confidentially (in camera), and regularly do so.