June 16, 2017

History of Committees in the U.S. House

Speakers talked about the history of committees in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until the beginning of the Civil War. This program… read more

Speakers talked about the history of committees in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until the beginning of the Civil War. This program focuses on three papers by political scientists. The first deals with how committees responded to public petitions and complaints in the early republic, the second explores the development of the committee system, and the third examines how standing committees influenced the legislative agenda in the years before the Civil War. This session was part of the Library of Congress' “Congress and History” conference. close

People in this video

Richard Bensel Government Professor Cornell University
Nicolas Dumas Graduate Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology->Political Science

Craig Goodman Professor University of Houston-Victoria->Political Science
John Haskell Senior Specialist and Assistant Director Congressional Research Service->Government and Finance Division
Scott MacKenzie Professor University of California, Davis->Political Science
Anthony Madonna Professor University of Georgia->Political Science
Tobias Resch Graduate Student Harvard University->Government Department