seniority rule
Americannoun
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Recall that the chairman of each of the standing committees is chosen according to the seniority rule.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
The seniority rule is also closely applied in each house when it elects the other members of each of its committees.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Critics of the seniority rule are many, and they do make a strong case.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
If the seniority rule were followed, Southerners would head 30 of the 47 House committees.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seniority rule, by which committee chairmanships went not to ability but to long service, favored mediocrity and second childhood.
From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)
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