What is United States House Committee on Ways and Means?
{{Infobox legislature | background_color = | name = Committee on Ways and Means | legislature = [[116th United States Congress]] | coa_pic = Seal of the United States House of Representatives.svg | coa_res = 125px | coa_alt = Seal of the U.S. House of Representatives | logo_pic = File:Ways and Means.svg | logo_res = 125px | logo_alt = Flag of the United States House of Representatives | logo_caption = Committee seal | body = United States Congress | foundation = {{Start date|1795|12|21}} | new_session = {{Start date|2019|01|03}} | leader1_type = Chairman | leader1 = [[Richard Neal]] | party1 = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]) | election1 = January 3, 2019 | leader2_type = Ranking member | leader2 = [[Kevin Brady]] | party2 = ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) | election5 = January 3, 2019 | members = 39 members | political_groups1 = '''Majority''' (24)<div><div> *{{nowrap|{{Color box|#33F|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (24)}}</div></div> '''Minority''' (15)<div><div> *{{nowrap|{{Color box|#F33|border=darkgray}} [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (15)}}</div></div> | website = {{URL|waysandmeans.house.gov}} }} The '''Committee on Ways and Means''' is the chief [[tax]]-writing [[United States House of Representatives committees|committee]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committee unless they apply for a [[waiver]] from their party's congressional leadership. The [[U.S. Constitution]] requires that all bills about taxation must come from in the House of Representatives. Since House rules is that all bills about taxation must go through this committee, the committee is very important, as is its Senate counterpart, the [[United States Senate Committee on F