APFIVE Power of the House Rules Committee
Which of the following historical shifts resulted in an increase in the power of the House Rules Committee relative to rank-and-file members?
A
The adoption of the sophomore surge by freshmen representatives.
B
The expansion of the number of standing committees in the 19th century.
C
The centralization of debate controls by majority leadership in the 1970s reforms following the Watergate era.
D
The Seventeenth Amendment’s direct election of senators.
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