standing committee

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Recent Examples of standing committee Additional leadership includes Siwei Lin, deputy director of the China Film Archive and deputy director of the China Film Art Research Center, and Jicheng Gong, member of the standing committee of the Huairou District Committee and director of the Publicity Department. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025 Politburo standing committee member Cai Qi, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and Vice Premier He Lifeng also attended the meeting along with the heads of China’s economic planning agency, finance ministry and commerce ministry. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025 Images of Moon with a furrowed brow calling a midnight emergency meeting of his National Security Council standing committee to respond to Trump’s latest move only play into North Korea’s hands by providing potential openings to create fissures in the U.S.–South Korean alliance. Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2018 See All Example Sentences for standing committee
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Noun
  • In that scenario, the trade court would recognize a steering committee of attorneys to represent all the businesses and sit across the table from the government in any negotiations.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The group — for which Krupa is a member of the steering committee — is a statewide collaboration of historians, experts, educators and community members.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • His membership of the House Committee on Financial Services, as well as its digital assets subcommittee, provides him with an inside look at the progression of bills regulating the industry, as well as influence in shaping them.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Lee serves as the chair for the Senate subcommittee on antitrust.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026

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