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This 3 page paper critiques the book 101 Chambers: Congress, State Legislatures and the Future of Legislative Studies. Bibliography lists 1 source
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This paper analyzes the book. Discussion We want to examine certain issues with regard to this book, starting with the question of whether or not the authors make
any controversial claims. They do in fact seem to contradict themselves early in the work. They say that Congress is "remarkably similar" to the state legislatures (Squire and
Hamm, 2005, date, p. 2). Then, just a few pages later, we read: "Thus, from our perspective, the Congress ... had remarkably little influence on the later development
of American legislatures" (Squire and Hamm, 2005, p. 6). How can two things be remarkably similar and yet one have little or no influence on the other? This
point seems unclear. One of the things that would certain strike a reader, and with which they would agree, is the fact that seniority is important in gaining leadership positions.
Squire and Hamm write that "seniority mattered in colonial assemblies and that its importance increased over time" (Squire and Hamm, 2005, p. 16). Weve seen time and again
that in the U.S. Congress and the various state legislatures, seniority, partisan favors, and "who you know" seem to be more important in putting people in leadership positions than ability.
It would seem that this custom may be as old as the legislative system itself, and most readers would have to agree with this statement: "...seniority mattered in
determining which legislators made it into the leadership ranks" (Squire and Hamm, 2005, p. 17). However, readers might disagree with the idea that "policy differences between the colonial
councils and assemblies were not class based" (Squire and Hamm, 2005, p. 10). The idea that class plays no part in policy is questionable, since the upper and lower
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