There are political advantages to having a committee. By forming a committee, when it comes to passing a law, the committee is able to take its time to study the proposed bill in detail. The committee can examine the positive aspects and the positive effects of the proposed bill. It can also examine the negative aspects of it. If the committee does an in-depth analysis, it might even discover some unintended consequences of the proposed idea or bill.
By having a committee examine a bill, when it is time for the full legislative body to vote on it, the members of the legislative body can be pretty confident the proposed bill has been examined thoroughly. Thus, the committee’s recommendation may influence how an elected official votes on the proposed law. Sometimes, a committee will prevent a proposal from moving forward by not letting the idea come out of the committee. This way, the full legislative body doesn’t have to defeat the proposed idea.
By creating a committee, members of the full legislative body can be confident that time has been given to thoroughly analyze a proposed idea or law. The public may also feel the same confidence about enough time being given for the idea to be examined and studied.
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