Which of the following statements concerning power in Congress is NOT true?
a. The Speaker of the House has become more powerful in the past thirty years.
b. Committee chairs have become weaker in the past thirty years.
c. The Senate majority leader is much less powerful than the speaker of the House.
d. The Speaker’s office gained power when the Republicans took control of the House in 1994.
e. Increasing bipartisanship has weakened the power of committee chairs.
e. Increasing bipartisanship has weakened the power of committee chairs.
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