<span>They wanted to find gold and other resources.</span>
The best answer to the question that is being presented above would be the type of government involving autocracy. One person has all the absolute power and complete control over all the branches of government. If it's a group of rich people, it's called aristocracy. Democracy is where the people has power over the government.
The committee members will report the bill to the House or Senate floor, depending on where the bill is at in the process of it potentially becoming a law.
I think it means "Technical Knock Out"