Congress Reconsidered, Chapter 8

• House and Senate Select Committees Appointed Each Congress, 1st-45th Congresses (1789-1879) (figure 8-1)
• Senate and House Select Committees Created to Consider a Specific Bill, 1st-14th Congresses (in percentages) (figure 8-2)
• Raw Membership Turnover in House and Senate Standing Committee Assignments, 1st-45th Congresses (figure 8-3)
• Net Membership Turnover in House and Senate Standing Committee Assignments, 1st-45th Congresses (figure 8-4)
• House Committees Appointed with More than one member from a single state, 1st-45th Congresses, 1789-1879 (table 8-1)
• Average life spans of House and Senate select committees, 1st-45th Congresses 1789-1879 (figure 8-5)
• Creation of House standing committees, 1st-45th Congresses 1789-1879 (Appendix 8-A)
• Creation of Senate standing committees, 1st-45th Committees, 1st-45th Congresses 1789-1879 (Appendix 8-B)
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• Committee institutions and their agreement with the theories (table 9-1)
• Committee institutions and their agreement with the theories (table 9-1 continued)
• Committee institutions and their agreement with the theories (table 9-1 continued)
• Committee institutions and their agreement with the theories (table 9-1 continued)
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• Issue advantages by Party, 1993-2000 (figure 10-1)
• Relevance of Major House Bills to Party Messages, 1999 (table 10-1)
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