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To: g_w_north who wrote (165765)	6/4/2002 3:48:43 PM
From: fingolfen	Respond to of 186894

The people have the power to elect third party representatives and would not the Republicans and Democrats have to accommodate them? I know the people in their jurisdictions may not get the 'pork barreling' that they are used to but the system has to change sometime or risk further damage to its credibility. Not necessarily. According to the Constitution, Congress is free to organize itself as it sees fit. Given the overwhelming majority of the Representatives are from either the Democratic or Republican parties, the status quo will be preserved. If the representative gets a committee assignment, it will most likely be a low-ranking one in a minor committee or sub-committee. They certainly won't be chair of the Ways and Means committee... nor will they be in a position to be Speaker of the House, etc. as that is always dictated by one of the two major parties.