No member group is under any obligation to follow committee recommendations.
Some states also provide for a party convention or committee recommendation in conjunction with a primary.
It has passed a committee recommendation 6-0 thus far.
But the committee recommendations did not reduce the attention directed toward the issue.
The committee recommendations are set to be put before a vote a week after the hearing.
The Federal agency is not bound by advisory committee recommendations but usually follows them.
At a session yesterday, the full group adopted the committee recommendation.
House leaders say they expect to follow the committee recommendation.
All the proposed amendments to the committee recommendation are acceptable.
Senate officials say they expect a committee recommendation around the August recess.