New House Rules Would Fine Members for Live-streaming

Bloomberg News’ Billy House reports:

“U.S. Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican lieutenants want to hit fellow lawmakers with fines and potential ethics violations if they engage in live-streaming or other disruptions on the House floor. The move is a belated response to this summer’s 25-hour sit-in by Democrats protesting Republican inaction on gun-control legislation….”

This is but one of the changes the House proposes making in its proceedings. Reportedly, appropriations legislation might again be subject to the “Holman rule.”

Read more at https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-24/ryan-proposes-fines-ethics-moves-on-grandstanding-house-members

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