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. What are some criticisms of the seniority rule of Congress?

A. It ignores ability and also means that a committee head often comes from a state or district in which one party regularly wins the seat.
B. It provides a predictable schedule governing the retirement of member of the House and the Senate and the vacating of their seats.
C. It controls the selection of the floor leaders for each party in both chambers.
D. It dictates the order in which members of each chamber will be recognized by the presiding officer to participate in debates on legislation.

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I am gonna take a guess and say it is C.
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some criticsms of seniority rule of congress is :
A. it ignores the ability and it also means that the committee head often come from a state or district in which one party regularly wins the seat
So the people wouldn't technically get an appropriate representative

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