How does the majority party manage to control all the committees in its house and why does it do it?
The majority party controls the committee system in the House
because the Speaker of the House, who is the leader of the majority
party, is alloted a great deal of power and influence in the
committee system. Specifically, she is in charge of appointing
committee chairs. The committee chairs have a huge amount of
control over what bills the committee will debate. The Speaker also
is responsible for deciding what committee a certain bill will go
to; thus the Speaker can assure that a bill from the majority party
is swiftly passed.