or in the first decade of the 20th century, his boss, joseph cannon. there were some strict party control, very strict discipline from members of parties back then. and very centralized, dominant control. and numbers got fed up with it. they pushed things in a different direction. when we look to the 117th congress, it certainly was very highly partisan. by the measures of political science, to sort of analyze how much members clump together when they will, those were at all time high levels. certainly at those levels of 1880's of colorization in the two parties. and i think centralized control of the speaker's office is a trend, and i think that nancy pelosi ruled with an iron fist. that is a fair characterization. where things will go from here is a real question. there is no more speaker pelosi. that part of american history has come to an end. we are seeing a fight among republicans right now as to how they want the house to offer it. part of what is at stake is the fight over whether kevin mccarthy will become speaker or not is how will the house

or in the first decade of the 20th century, his boss, joseph cannon. there were some strict party control, very strict discipline from members of parties back then. and very centralized, dominant control. and numbers got fed up with it. they pushed things in a different direction. when we look to the 117th congress, it certainly was very highly partisan. by the measures of political science, to sort of analyze how much members clump together when they will, those were at all time high levels. certainly at those levels of 1880's of colorization in the two parties. and i think centralized control of the speaker's office is a trend, and i think that nancy pelosi ruled with an iron fist. that is a fair characterization. where things will go from here is a real question. there is no more speaker pelosi. that part of american history has come to an end. we are seeing a fight among republicans right now as to how they want the house to offer it. part of what is at stake is the fight over whether kevin mccarthy will become speaker or not is how will the house

or in the first decade of the 20th century, his boss, joseph cannon. were some strict party control, very strict discipline from members of parties back then. and very centralized, dominant control. and numbers got fed up with it. they pushed things in a different direction. when we look to the 117th congress, it certainly was very highly partisan. by the measures of political science, to sort of analyze how much members clump together when they will, those were at all time high levels. certainly at those levels of 1880's of colorization in the two parties. and i think centralized control of the speaker's office is a trend, and i think that nancy pelosi ruled with an iron fist. that is a fair characterization. where things will go from here is a real question. there is no more speaker pelosi. that part of american history has come to an end. we are seeing a fight among republicans right now as to how they want the house to offer it. part of what is at stake is the fight over whether kevin mccarthy will become speaker or not is how will the house operat

or in the first decade of the 20th century, his boss, joseph cannon.ere some strict party control, very strict discipline from members of parties back then. and very centralized, dominant control. and numbers got fed up with it. they pushed things in a different direction. when we look to the 117th congress, it certainly was very highly partisan. by the measures of political science, to sort of analyze how much members clump together when they will, those were at all time high levels. certainly at those levels of 1880's of colorization in the two parties. and i think centralized control of the speaker's office is a trend, and i think that nancy pelosi ruled with an iron fist. that is a fair characterization. where things will go from here is a real question. there is no more speaker pelosi. that part of american history has come to an end. we are seeing a fight among republicans right now as to how they want the house to offer it. part of what is at stake is the fight over whether kevin mccarthy will become speaker or not is how will the house operate.