Powell V. McCormack

question 4

Multiple Choice

Powell v. McCormack

• A) permitted the first woman to sit in the House of Representatives.
• B) permitted the first African American to sit in the House of Representatives.
• C) prohibited the exclusion of a representative from his seat in the House of Representatives.
• D) permitted the first Muslim to sit in the House of Representatives.
• E) prohibited removal of a committee chairmanship because of its supporting of the presidential bid of the candidate of the opposing party.

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