Over the past several decades, reforms in the House of Representatives have tended to weaken the implications of the seniority system in favor of ______.

a. concentrating power in favor of the Speaker of the House
b. distributing power more broadly into the hands of rank-and-file members
c. pushing legislative powers and responsibilities into the Senate’s lap
d. intensifying the powers of committee and sub-committee chairs
e. expanding the president’s executive authority


a. concentrating power in favor of the Speaker of the House

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