Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the HouseThe second edition of Legislative Leviathan provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post World War II era. Re evaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins view parties in the House especially majority parties as a species of 'legislative cartel'. These cartels seize the power, theoretically resident in the House, to make rules governing the structure and process