Party Leadership Control of Committees in a Polarized U.S. House of Representatives

• In Event: The Politics and Consequences of Committee Assignments

Brief Overview

This paper examines the use of procedural tools such as the discharge of legislation and time limits by party leaders to control committees in the U.S. House of Representatives, and finds that these tools are used more often as the parties polarize.

Author

• Nathan Ilderton, University of Central Florida