Conference committees are
A) permanent and involve members from both the House and the Senate.
B) temporary and are created to take up an issue that falls between the jurisdiction of existing committees, to highlight an issue, or to investigate a particular problem.
C) permanent and have the power to write and propose legislation.
D) temporary, involve members from both houses of Congress, and are charged with reaching a compromise on legislation once it has been passed by both the House and the Senate.
E) informal committees composed of members from both political parties and both houses of Congress that are designed to promote bipartisanship.

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Conference committees are temporary committees that are created when the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill. The committee consists of members from both the House and Senate, who are charged with reaching a compromise or reconciling the differences between the two versions of the bill. Once a compromise is reached, the committee's report is sent back to each chamber for a vote on the revised bill.

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