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House Committee on Rules

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The House Committee on Rules is commonly known as “The Speaker’s Committee” because it is the mechanism that the Speaker uses to maintain control of the House Floor. Because of the vast power wielded by the Rules Committee, its ratio has traditionally been weighted in favor of the majority party. The Committee provides the terms and conditions of debate on any measure or matter through Special Rules. The Committee also considers original jurisdiction measures, which commonly represent changes to the standing rules of the House, or measures that contain special rules, such as the expedited procedures in trade legislation.

Contact

Websitehttps://rules.house.gov/
Phone(202) 225-9191
AddressH312 CAPITOL; Washington, DC 20515-6269

Membership

MemberRolePartyRank
Virginia FoxxChairMajority1
Michelle FischbachMemberMajority2
Ralph NormanMemberMajority3
Chip RoyMemberMajority4
Erin HouchinMemberMajority5
Nicholas A. LangworthyMemberMajority6
Austin ScottMemberMajority7
H. Morgan GriffithMemberMajority8
Brian JackMemberMajority9
James P. McGovernRanking MemberMinority1
Mary Gay ScanlonMemberMinority2
Joe NeguseMemberMinority3
Teresa Leger FernandezMemberMinority4

Subcommittees

Roster data: unitedstates/congress-legislators (compiled from official congressional records).