U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of entitlement programs including:

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Committee - United States House of Representatives - Tax - Tariff

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• Social Security
• Unemployment benefits
• Medicare
• Enforcement of child support laws
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federal welfare program
• Foster care and adoption programs

Constitutionally all bills regarding taxation must originate in the House of

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Representatives, and House procedure is that all bills regarding taxation must

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go through this committee. This makes this house committee particularly powerful,

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especially in comparison with its Senate counterpart, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

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The Ways and Means Committee is chaired by Representative Bill Thomas, Republican of California. The ranking Democrat is Charles Rangel of New York.

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Bill Thomas - Republican - California - Democrat - Charles Rangel - New York

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