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House of Representatives Journal

The American Historical Review, 1977
Volumes 12 and 13 of this highly acclaimed documentary edition cover the first Congress's second session, from January to August 1790. Among other important issues in this critical period, Congress debated Hamilton's report on the public credit, federal assumption of state Revolutionary War debts, and antislavery petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers ...
Patrick J. Furlong, Linda Grant de Pauw
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A More Representative United States House of Representatives?

PS: Political Science & Politics, 1998
The unrepresentativeness of the U.S. House of Representatives–in terms of ethnicity, gender, race, and socioeconomic status—and its nearly closed system for election have generated questions about the legitimacy and authority of the House as an institution which “represents’ citizens and whether the membership of the House should reflect the citizenry ...
Wilma Rule, Joseph F. Zimmerman
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Leadership in the House of Representatives

The Western Political Quarterly, 1959
IN ORDER TO PERFORM its functions a legislative body must have some kind of a system of leadership. The House of Representatives has long had two types of formal leaders: (1) the "elective" leaders, including the Speaker and the majority and minority floor leaders; and (2) the "seniority" leaders, including the chairmen and ranking minority members of ...
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Restructuring the House of Representatives

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1974
Most organizations have a structure designed to solve problems which no longer exist. Jurisdictional boundaries within organizations tend to get set in concrete. Some potential solutions are not seriously considered because those solutions would threaten jurisdictional lines. The House of Representatives is like other organizations in this regard.
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The Deinstitutionalization (?) of the House of Representatives: Reflections on Nelson Polsby's 'Institutionalization of the House of Representatives' at Fifty

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This paper revisits Nelson Polsby’s classic article “The Institutionalization of the House of Representatives” nearly fifty years after its publication, in order to examine whether the empirical trends that Polsby identified have continued. This empirical exploration allows us to place Polsby’s findings in broader historical context and to assess ...
Charles Stewart, Jeffery A. Jenkins
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Representing a disreputable house

2020
This chapter focuses on a particular house in Copenhagen, that belonging to the Cabinet Minister Johann Friedrich Struensee, and offers a detailed reading of the events surround its destruction by rioters in 1772. During the night of 17 January 1772 a riot took place in Copenhagen following the imprisonment of Cabinet Minster Johann Friedrich Struensee.
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A Mechanism For Enlarging The House Of Representatives

Political Science, 1971
(1971). A Mechanism For Enlarging The House Of Representatives. Political Science: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 2-8.
A. D. Robinson, R. M. Alley
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On enlarging the US House of Representatives

Political Geography, 1998
Abstract Recent US court rulings have set the stage for a potential reduction in minority representation in the US House of Representatives from its current historic highs. We believe that such a reduction is unacceptable, and strongly agree with Richard Morrill's recent contention in this journal that political geographers should examine alternative
Gerald R. Webster, Jonathan I. Leib
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Oversight Subcommittees in the House of Representatives

Congress & the Presidency, 1998
This paper assesses the role of oversight and investigation subcommittees in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hearing data indicate that these specialized units have become less active, just as oversight has become more popular throughout the House.
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