• n  a person on whom something is bestowed; the conferees were..."
• n  a member of a conference

News & Articles

• Boozman Among Lawmakers To Settle Farm Bill Debate
  Senator John Boozman selected to serve as a conferee to work on reconciling the differences in farm bill legislation passed by the Senate and House of Representatives.
  Aug. 4, 2013 - FOX 16 Little Rock
• Cochran named conferee on farm bill
  Sen. Thad Cochran, ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, has been named as a conferee to negotiate an agreement with the House on the 2013 farm bill.
  Aug. 3, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
• Pittcon 2014 Announces Call for Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions
  The Pittcon 2014 Conferee Networking committee is pleased to announce its annual Call for Topics for Conferee Networking sessions. (PRWeb July 30, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10942071.htm
  July 30, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

• Tom Harkin in Michigan Farmer
  I hope we can get the conferees appointed and then maybe we can start getting together on this,Harkin says. "On the Democratic side Finance Chair Max Baucus will be a conferee. I'm hopeful Senator Grassley, the Finance Committee ranking...
• Pat Roberts in CattleNetwork.com
  I noted that I had appointed myself as a conferee in order to be able to participate personally in the process of refining the legislation, and assured him that we are working on the issues of concern to India. The enactment of this legislation... Bill Frist http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frist&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGWgYbbWASexBO5pFcwKNZSbBAq4Q Times of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/The_United_States/Senate_leader_assures_PM_on_N-deal/articleshow/730012.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNELNDo4rZoLldyOJaM6dLJE-uXhjQ Dec 5, 2006 20888 28703 conferee As I said when the Senate passed the Farm Bill," Roberts said, "this is not the best possible bill, it was the best bill possible. As a conferee, I will continue to work to protect direct payments, the only commodity title program that...