couldn't agree more. I'd throw in centralization of power in leadership hands, especially in the Senate too.
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I could go along with that.
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there were real reasons for limiting power of chairs, but it’s gone too far in the other direction imho.
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The reason is, people who weren't chairmen were annoyed that they didn't get to be chairmen.
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well, also significant issues coming out of the Civil Rights era of chairmen defying the will of their caucus for years.
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Hadn't thought about it that way. If so, not a problem anymore, as you say.
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lotta literature on the topic, but briefly: old Southern Dixiecrat chairmen stifled a lot of liberal legislation & were not
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responsive to younger members. Famously, I think it was F. Edward Hebert of Armed Services gave Ron Dellums & one of the
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