An entire week was spent by the House in selecting its committees because the organization of the House is based on the two-party system and there were actually three parties in the field. A Republican committee and a Democratic committee each named a slate for committee places. Then each slate was submitted to a party caucus and approved.
But in the approval there was more than met the eye. The Republican insurgents a minority in the Republican caucus, but possessors of the balance of power in the Housedissented from the committee selections. They especially...
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