Speech #670000476

That Role XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate be. and it is hereby. amended so as to read as follows: " 1. The following standing cotmnittees shall be appointed at the coin]Menceient of each Congress. with leave to report by bill or otherwise: "Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. to consist of 16 Senatogs. " Committee. on Appropriations. to consist of 16 Senators. " Cmmnittee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. to consist of 5 Senators. to which shall be referred all reso lutions directing the payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same . " Committee on Banking and Currency. to consist of 13 Senators. " Comninttee on Civil Service. to consist of 11 Senators. " Committee on Claims. to consist of 13 Senators. " Committee on Comaterce. to consist of 16 Senators. " Committee on the District of Columbia. to consist of 13 Senators. " Committee on Education and Labor. to consist -of 11 Senators. " Committee on Enrolled Bills. to consist of 3 Senators. who shall examine all bills. amendments. and joint resolutions before they go out of the possession of the Senate. and which shall have power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Representatives. and which. or some one of which. shall examine all bills or joint resolutions which shall hate passed both houses to see that the same are correctly enrolled. and. when signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. shall forthwith present the same. when they shall have originated in the Senate. to the President of the United States in person and report the fact and date of such presentation to the Senate. " Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. to consist of 7 Senators. Committee onl Finance. to consist of 16 Senators Committee oil Foreign Relations. to consist of 16 Senators Committee on Immigration. to consist of 11 Senators. Committee on Indian Affairs. to consist of 11 Senators Committee on Interoceanie Canals. to consist of 11 Senators "Nuonittee on Interstate Commerce. to consist of 16 Senators. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. to consist of 11 Senators. " Committee on the Judiciary. to consistof 16 Senators " Committee on the Library. to consist of 7 Senators. which shall have power to act jointly with the same comniittee of the House of Representatives .