What are the standing committees in congress?
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Committee on Agriculture \nCommittee on Appropriations \nCommittee on Armed Services \nCommittee on the Budget \nCommittee on Education and the Workforce \nCommittee on Energy and Commerce \nCommittee on Financial Services \nCommittee on Government Reform \nCommittee on Homeland Security \nCommittee on House Administration \nCommittee on International Relations \nCommittee on the Judiciary \nCommittee on Resources \nCommittee on Rules \nCommittee on Science \nCommittee on Small Business \nCommittee on Standards of Official Conduct \nCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure \nCommittee on Veterans' Affairs \nCommittee on Ways and Means \nJoint Economic Committee \nJoint Committee on Printing \nJoint Committee on Taxation \nHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence \nSelect Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
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There are 2 houses, the House of Representatives & the Senate.
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A committee is a (relatively) small group that can serve one of several functions:\n\n    * Governance: in organizations too large for all the members to participate in decisions affecting the organization as a whole, a committee (such as a Board of Directors) is given the power to make decisions. A committee of this type is a form of a deliberative assembly.\n\n    * Coordination: individuals from different parts of an organization (for example, all senior vice presidents) might meet regular to discuss developments in their areas, review projects that cut across organizational boundaries, talk about future options, etc. Where there is a large committee, it's common to have smaller committees with more specialized functions - for example, Boards of Directors of large corporations typically have an (ongoing) audit committee, finance committee, compensation committee, etc.\n\n    * Research and recommendations: committees are often formed to do research and make recommendations on a potential or planned project or change. For example, an organization considering a major capital investment might create a committee of several people to review options and make recommendations to upper management or the Board of Directors. Such committees are typically dissolved after issuing recommendations (often in the form of a final report).\n\n    * Project management: while it is generally considered poor management to give operational responsibility to a committee to actually manage a project, this is not unknown. The problem is that no single person can be held accountable for poor performance of the committee, particularly if the chairperson of the committee is seen as a facilitator.\n\nIt is common for a chairperson to organize a committee meeting through an agenda, which is usually distributed in advance. The chairperson is responsible for running meetings: keeping the discussion on the appropriate subject, recognizing members (calling on them to speak) [often omitted in smaller committees], and calling for votes after a debate has taken place [formal voting is normally only done in committees involved in governance]. Governance committees often have formal processes (for example, they might follow Roberts Rules of Order); other types of committees typically operate informally, with the chairperson being responsible for deciding how formal the committee processes will be.\n\nMinutes, a record of the discussion and decisions of the meeting, are often taken by a person designated as the secretary of the committee; they may be legally obligatory (again, typically for governance committees). For committees that meet regularly, the minutes of the most recent meeting are often circulated to committee members before the next meeting.\n\nCommittees may meet on a regular basis, often weekly or yearly, or meetings may be called irregularly as the need arises. During an emergency, a committee may meet more than once per day, or sit in permanent session, as, for example, ExComm (the President's Executive Committee) did during the Cuban missile crisis.\n\nA committee that is a subset of a larger committee is called a subcommittee. [Where the larger group has a name other than "committee" - for example, "Board" or "Commission", the smaller group(s) would be called committee(s), not subcommittee(s)] For organizations where the Board of Directors is large - say 20 people or more - it's common to have an Executive Committee, of Board members, which is authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire Board.\n\nCommittees, both permanent and ad hoc (unofficial), appear both in representative democracies and in non-democratic structures. They may bear titles such as Commission, Board, Council, Presidium, or Politburo. Unofficial committees often get unflattering labels such as junta, camarilla or cabal.\n\nCommittees are a necessary aspect of organizations of any significant size (say, more than 15 or 20 pe
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D.Conference Committee\n\n   1. Members from each house form a conference committee and meet to work out the differences. The committee is usually made up of senior members who are appointed by the presiding officers of the committee that originally dealt with the bill. The representatives from each house work to maintain their version of the bill.\n   2. If the Conference Committee reaches a compromise, it prepares a written conference report, which is submitted to each chamber.\n   3. The conference report must be approved by both the House and the Senate.
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Read the Congressional Report.
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I'm not going to repeat what's already been mentioned, but the Senate is considered the 'upper house' of Congress, and the House of Representatives is considered the 'lower house,' which is why the Senate has special roles (like passing treaties, etc.).
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•Committee on Agriculture \n•Committee on Appropriations \n•Committee on Armed Services \n•Committee on the Budget \n•Committee on Education and the Workforce \n•Committee on Energy and Commerce \n•Committee on Financial Services \n•Committee on Government Reform \n•Committee on Homeland Security \n•Committee on House Administration \n•Committee on International Relations \n•Committee on the Judiciary \n•Committee on Resources \n•Committee on Rules \n•Committee on Science \n•Committee on Small Business \n•Committee on Standards of Official Conduct \n•Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure \n•Committee on Veterans' Affairs \n•Committee on Ways and Means \n•Joint Economic Committee \n•Joint Committee on Printing \n•Joint Committee on Taxation \n•House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence \n•Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina \n\nAt the source link you will find all Committee Chairs, senior Committee Minority member and all members.
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Link below points to a site that contains a complete list of the majority (and minority!) leaders.  Also contains footnotes for happenings during the leader's tenure during each congress.
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regain majority in congress
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They're both very important.  When a bill is brought to Congress, it first must be brought through the House.  If it is approved by the House, it is passed up to the Senate for approval and then the President ultimately has the power to veto it.  If either the House or the Senate is balanced in a certain direction by either a majority of Democrats or Republicans, it determines greatly what type of bills get passed and turned down.
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I feel Congress truly represent Special Interest Groups/Lobbysists more than the citizenry.  Theses special interest groups are SUPPOSED to have our best interests in mind, and some do such as the American Lung Assoc., etc...but not Alcohol, Tobacco, Insurance lobbys.\n\nThe rich/corporations: overrepresented\nPoor/Small businesses: underrepresented
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two senators\nand 13 representatives\n\nand all of them have offices in and spend time in DC\n\n\nNOTE:The term congressmen while often used to describe just house members, is by root definition referring to both the Senate and the House of Representatives members
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If you go to Congress.org you can get a listing of recent bill in Congress on both House and Senate.  It will also tell you how different representatives voted and what the final count was as well as a synopsis of what each bill is about.  I believe it also allows you to get info on state laws as well.  \n\nAnother great resource is the "Congress At Your Fingertips" directory.  It has all the contact info and more for every member of the House and Senate.  The book is printed by Capitol Advantage website www.capitoladvantage.com
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Here's a list:\nhttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2005-635&sort=vote
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Article 1 provides for the establishment of the bicameral Congress composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The various powers of the Congress and the respective houses, together with their methods of election, are enumerated in the article. The Seventeenth Amendment, passed in 1916, instituted the direct popular election of Senators and removed the power of their election from the state legislatures as had originally been provided in Article 1.
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thomas.loc.gov has a searchable database of all bills and resolutions introduced in Congress. The search results usually include a list of votes and how each member voted (under bill summary and congressional actions). In this case, you want H.J.RES.114 from the 107th Congress
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In the United states there are actually two representative bodies: The House of Representatives and the Senate.  Together they are called Congress.