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How did George William Norris wrest absolute control from the speaker of the House?

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A liberal Republican, Norris secured (1910), through an alliance of insurgent Republicans with Democrats, the passage of a resolution that reformed the House rules and wrested absolute control from the speaker of the House, Joseph G.Cannon.

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