Explain what factors may lead a bill to 'die in committee.'

The majority of bills introduced to the US Congress in any given year die in the committees, this is simply because most bills that are introduced are not good or important enough to be passed.

Among the reasons that may cause a bill to "die in committee" we have: the bill is uproperly written, the bill deals with an issue that is not considered to be important by the committee, the bill is a duplication of an existing law, or the bill was never meant to become a law in first place.

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jefferson hoped to establish trade with the native american people of the west and find a water route to the pacific. jefferson also was fascinated by the prospect of what could be learned about the geography of the west, the lives and languages of the native americans, the plants and animals, the soil, the rocks, the weather, and how they differed from those in the east.