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  1. Ways and Means Committeenoun

    a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue

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  1. ways and means committee

    The Ways and Means Committee is a governmental body at the federal or state level in the United States, responsible for proposing specific legislation related to taxation, tariffs, revenue-raising measures, and other financial and economic issues. It is one of the most significant and influential committees in the government because it directly oversees fiscal matters. The most well-known Ways and Means Committee is in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ways and means committee in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ways and means committee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ways and means committee in a Sentence

  1. Grover Norquist:

    He's put forward something that will be part of any final Republican proposal, if you get a Republican president, what will they do? Something between what (House Ways and Means Committee Chair Paul) Ryan does, and this.

  2. Richard Neal:

    Traditionally a treasury secretary kicks off the Ways and Means Committee year, we want that to remain paramount.

  3. Paul Ryan:

    Through these investigations we have uncovered serious and unprecedented actions taken by the most senior IRS official in charge of the non-profit unit, Lois Lerner, to deprive conservative organizations of their constitutional rights, despite the DOJ closing its investigation, the Ways and Means Committee will continue to find answers and hold the IRS accountable for its actions.

  4. Steny Hoyer:

    Ryan was 11 months Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he offered no bill. He’s been talking about tax reform for most of the time he was here.

  5. Circuit Judge Richard Wesley:

    I don't care what his job was at the Ways and Means Committee; he wasn't in charge of insider trading.


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