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1 Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress 1 (1965)

handle is hein.tera/joineeoo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1965 - 2 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE ORGANIZATION CF THE CONGRESS Emphasis on Improved Fiscal Control Procedures As New Study of Congressional Operations Gets Under Way On May 10 the newly-created Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress began several weeks of public hearings, as the opening phase of its thorough and meaningful study of the operations of the Congress. The ultimate purpose of this study -- the first of its kind in 20 years -- is to generate proposals which will result in major improvements in the organization and operations of the Congress. Early this year, Senator Monroney (D-Okla.), with the co-sponsorship of fifty-six Senators from both parties, introduced legislation (Senate Concurrent Resolution 2) to establish this special biparti- san, 12-member Joint Committee of the Congress. Representative Madden (D-Ind.) introduced a companion resolution in the House, and 50 similar proposals were submitted by House members of all politi- cal persuasions. Not requiring Presidential approval, S. Con. Res. 2 passed the Senate unanimously on March 9. The House on March 11 concluded legislative action on the measure by a voice vote, Appointed to the bipartisan unit were: From the Senate -- Senators Ionroney (D-kla,), Sparkman (D-Ala.), Metcalf (D-Mont.), Mundt (R-S. Dak.), Case (R-N. J.), and Boggs (R-Del.); from the House -- Representatives Madden (D-Ind.), Brooks (D-Tex.), Hechler (D-W. Va.), Curtis (R-Mo.), Griffin (R-Mich.), and Hall (R-Mo.). Senator Monroney and Representative Madden were elected co-chairmen, with Monroney designated as presiding chairman with authority to make certain decisions and given primary responsibility in administrative matters, The committee also established a bipartisan staff, with N. DeVier Pierson as Chief Counsel, and George Meader, a former U. S. Repre- sentative from Michigan, as Associate Counsel. Except for certain technical aspects, such as the amount allotted for the expenses of the Joint Committee, the recently-approved reso- lution was identical to that which established the first Joint Ccm- mittee on the Organization of Congress, in 1945. That committee -- referred to as the LaFollette-Monroney Committee -- submitted a