| 词条 | Committee of the States |
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|agency_name = 'A Committee of the States' |type = Committee |nativename = |nativename_a = |nativename_r = |logo = |logo_width = |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |picture = |picture_width = |picture_caption = |formed = 1784 |preceding1 = |preceding2 = |dissolved = 1784 |superseding = |jurisdiction = |headquarters = |coordinates = |motto = |employees = |budget = |minister1_name = |minister1_pfo = |minister2_name = |minister2_pfo = |deputyminister1_name = |deputyminister1_pfo = |deputyminister2_name = |deputyminister2_pfo = |chief1_name = |chief1_position = |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |agency_type = body |parent_department = |parent_agency = Congress of the Confederation |child1_agency = |child2_agency = |keydocument1 = Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Articles 5,9,10 |website = |footnotes = |map = |map_width = |map_caption = }}A Committee of the States was an arm of the United States government, under the Articles of Confederation. The Committee consisted of one member from each state, and carried out the functions of government while the Congress of the Confederation was in recess.[1] HistoryIn the draft of the Articles of Confederation by John Dickinson and the draft committee, this Committee was called the Council of State, vested with executive and staff control for commerce, trade, education and issues as delegated by Congress. A minimum of nine of the thirteen states would have had to vote in favor of delegating any new powers to the Council, a model after the various administrative committees set up during the American Revolutionary War. Instead the Second Continental Congress changed it to A Committee of the States, with limited management powers only when Congress was not in session.[2] The Committee was set up in 1784 on the proposal of Thomas Jefferson, then a congressman from Virginia. The Committee "quarrelled very soon, split into two parties, [and] abandoned their post."[3] This was the only time that the Committee was formed, and never had a quorum to carry out its administrative tasks.[2] PowersThe Congressional powers that did not require nine votes were:
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Mount|first=Steve|title=Constitutional Topic: Articles of Confederation|url=http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_arti.html|publisher=USConstitution.net|accessdate=22 June 2012}} {{Thomas Jefferson}}{{USAConfGov|state=expanded}}{{Authority control}}{{US-gov-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Article 10 Summary—The Committee of the States|url=http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/articles/section7.rhtml|work=The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)|publisher=sparknotes.com|accessdate=22 June 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=|title=The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson|year=1821|pages=49|editor=Frederick Ellis}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Why the Articles of Confederation failed.|url=http://www.discoveringthefoundingprinciples.com/2011/01/why-articles-of-confederation-failed.html|work=Originalism and Discover the Founding Principles|publisher=discoveringthefoundingprinciples.com|accessdate=22 June 2012}} 3 : Continental Congress|1784 establishments in the United States|1784 disestablishments in the United States |
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