A group of Congress members is contacted by members of a committee who would like to submit a bill for a floor debate. The group reviews the bill as well as the current schedule of debates After the review, the group decides that the bill is not important enough to justify a debate. The group refuses to schedule a debate killing the bill. Which congressional group is most likely described in the passage? A. The House Rules Committee B. The House Ways and Means Committee C. The Committee of the Whole D. A conference committee

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A group of Congress members is contacted by members of a committee who would like to submit a bill for a floor debate. The group reviews the bill as well as the current schedule of debates After the review, the group decides that the bill is not important enough to justify a debate. The group refuses to schedule a debate killing the bill. Which congressional group is most likely described in the passage? A. The House Rules Committee B. The House Ways and Means Committee C. The Committee of the Whole D. A conference committee

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<p> The Congress referenced in the question is most likely the United States Congress – the bicameral (two-house) legislative body composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Specific committees within Congress play instrumental roles in the process and flow of legislation. The House Rules Committee is known to play a gatekeeping role by determining if, when, and how a bill will be debated. The three other options listed - The House Ways and Means Committee, the Committee of the Whole, and a conference committee, all have different functions within a legislative process. The House Ways and Mean Committee is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives, The Committee of the Whole debates matters to the entire house, however, this committee doesn't actually submit or review bills. And a conference committee is a temporary panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Therefore from the description it can be gathered that the House Rules Committee is being referred to in the passage as it matches best with the act of scheduling debates and thus playing a potential 'gate-keeper' role. </p>

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