 Because the chair has a casting vote in the event of a committee vote being tied, the government effectively controls the legislation committees, while the non-government parties control the references committees.Adam Goldstein (author)

Adam Goldstein (born January 22, 1988 in South Orange, New Jersey) is an American author, who started his own online software company, "GoldfishSoft", at age 14 and began writing alongside David Pogue for "The Missing Manual" series at the age of 16.A graduate of The Pingry School and MIT, he co-founded travel startup Hipmunk with Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman.