Identify an important institutional reform in congressional history. Explain how and why this reform was achieved with reference to one or more of the explanations outlined in the text.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should clearly identify a reform and explain how one or more of the following explanations helps explain why it passed: increased workload, increased size of Congress, interbranch conflict, partisan interests, and/or individual interests. Students should provide information on the individuals who supported and opposed the reform and the strategies they used. The best essays will consider alternate explanations for the reform and provide counterarguments.
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