Assertion: senate's committee | /r/HasAspect | power
Facets:
value: over taxation
type: OTHER
value: over issues
type: OTHER
value: over currency
type: OTHER
value: over appropriations
type: OTHER
value: over tariffs
type: OTHER
value: over banking
type: OTHER
value: originally
type: TEMPORAL
value: in discharging their duties
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Committees have power and have been called independent fiefdoms.
text: In discharging their duties, standing committees have the power to hold hearings and to subpoena witnesses and evidence.
text: Originally, the Committee had power over tariffs, taxation, banking and currency issues and appropriations.
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.