How has party politics influenced institutional development in Congress? Be sure to illustrate your answer with a specific example.
What will be an ideal response?
Parties have influenced the development of committees, floor procedure, and other aspects of congressional rules; and institutional arrangements are often the result of partisan battles. The most relevant example from the text (although students could manage others) is the adoption of Reed’s Rules in 1890. Majority party Republicans passed these rules in order to prevent the Democratic Party from obstructing its agenda, with long-term institutional consequences.
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Military intervention is an example of
A) anarchy. B) complexity. C) hard power. D) reciprocity. E) soft power.