https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/05/13/the-implication-of-the-house-rules-committee/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 09:16:07 -0400<![CDATA[The House Rules Committee. People usually call this one of the most important House committees out there, which is in my opinion untrue: it simply is the most important House committee. The reason that I say that is because the Rules committee has ultimate control over how and in what way a bill is presented and debated; add that to its ability to dictate appropriate amendments leads to an effective result of Rules being the gatekeeper for House legislation. The membership is deliberately skewed heavily in favor of the majority party (currently over two-to-one), and majority party membership on that Committee is at the discretion of the Speaker of the House.  In other words, if a Member of Congress disapproves of the way that the Rules Committee operates, the only way to show disapproval is to vote for somebody else for Speaker of the House.]]>Thu, 13 May 2010 13:00:54 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/05/13/the-implication-of-the-house-rules-committee-n34655