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standing committees Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area. Examples are the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. select committees sometimes the house or senate will form a select committees; the deal with a problem not covered by nay standing committee. joint committees permanent panels that include members from both chambers, which generally conduct studies or perform housekeeping tasks rather than consider measures. conference committees Congressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill. chairs the head of a congressional committee filibuster v. to use a prolonged speech to delay legislative action; n. a speech that delays legislative action cloture a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate pocket veto a bill fails to become law because the president did not sign it within ten days before Congress adjourns