Biases revealed in US House of Representatives (Mathematical Proofs!)

[FreeCajun]

Statistical proof that the deck is stacked!

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A mathematical study of the US House of Representatives reveals clear partisanship - including stacked committees - within the House.

While this may not surprise political analysts, the objective analysis contradicts the US Code, which outlines US laws and suggests a just system in which all legislation receives a fair hearing from politicians who put the country’s interests ahead of their political party’s. The words “non-partisan” and “unbiased” appear frequently in the code.

The paper identifies the House Rules, Judiciary, and Homeland Security committees as being the most partisan while the Intelligence committee is one of the least partisan.

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All the conclusions emerge solely from mathematical data, and not from any particular political viewpoint, according to mathematicians Mason Porter, and Peter Mucha, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, US, and colleagues.

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(emphasis mine)

The article is in New Scientist, a UK version of Popular Science with more Science.

The House is acting outside of the laws of the United States !?

Makes you wonder what happened to the Republican dedication to the "Rule of Law"....

[Daphne08]

1. I don't quite understand this...

[davidinalameda]

2. very simple

the leadership puts the hard core pukes on the most important committees

[Daphne08]

3. That's what I thought it meant.

Thanks.

[Moderator]

4. kick

[IChing]

5. Biases revealed in US House of Representatives (against US code)

A mathematical study of the US House of Representatives reveals clear partisanship - including stacked committees - within the House.

While this may not surprise political analysts, the objective analysis contradicts the US Code, which outlines US laws and suggests a just system in which all legislation receives a fair hearing from politicians who put the country’s interests ahead of their political party’s. The words “non-partisan” and “unbiased” appear frequently in the code.

Among the study’s findings is that the membership of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, formed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is closely tied to the House Rules Committee, a powerful group involved in the regulation of all committees and House members. But, contrary to expectation, the Homeland Security committee does not have many members in common with the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7386

[IChing]

6. McCain is

"James Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California, Davis, US, agrees with the findings. He recently conducted network research that concluded Senator John McCain is the most connected member of the current Congress.

Fowler told New Scientist that political analysts “have known for a long time that there is a great deal of partisanship in the House. Some voters will benefit from partisanship. For example, strong Republicans are happy the Republican majority is currently voting together to pass many Republican policies. Others will not be happy, such as the moderates who believe both parties are too extreme.”