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Lyndon Johnson shifted many Senate committee assignments from seniority-based allocation to negotiation by the party steering committee, which he controlled.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“Practically overnight, Johnson changed the system so that many seats were no longer being settled by seniority, but rather negotiated by the party's steering committee, which Johnson controlled.”18:36Report a misattribution
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