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Unlike many who have run the Senate over the past 300 years, Birmingham does not necessarily need to craft every piece of legislation that comes out of committee...
...respect the committee structure and it is not personally necessary for me to have my thumb-print on every page of every bill that gets passed," Birmingham says...
...Birmingham has crafted this new power structure by delegating considerable authority to the committee chairs which he appointed upon taking office...
According to Montigny, Birmingham identifies promising legislation produced by his committee chairs and shepherds it through the Senate...
...look at the Senate as a bunch of political entrepreneurs and Birmingham as the curious venture capitalist," Montigny explains...