The US House of Representatives suffers from a tyranny of extreme minority. While this body is composed of 435 members, the Speaker of the House and a small caucus of members loyal to the Speaker set the agenda for the House and can control much of what is debated and voted on. This has become especially true in recent years, as the House has become much more partisan and the Republican majority has had an increasingly narrow majority. This extreme minority dictates which bills are brought to the floor for debate, and can also control who is allowed to speak on certain topics and which amendments are allowed. This system often leads to difficult roads for meaningful legislation, as the majority in the House has been so small that even a small bloc of members can block or stall a bill from moving forward. This raises constitutional questions of fairness, as the voices and views of a large swath of the House are often silenced or ignored.
