Chapter 8 of Analyzing Congress -- The Congressional Committee System




  1. Table 8.1 (Stewart) -- The Types of Congressional Committees



  2. Table 8.2 (Stewart) - Jurisdictions of the Ways & Means and Senate Finance Committees (Remember the Constitution!)



  3. Figure 8.1 (Stewart) -- The Number of Committees in the House and Senate, 1789 - 1998



  4. Figure 8.2 (Stewart) - Party Ratios over time on the Taxing Committees



  5. Table 8.7 (Stewart) - Committee Rankings based upon transfer patterns