Posted on 01/04/2017 11:32:37 AM PST by Kaslin
New House rules package includes $2,500 fine for such actions
Several Democrats took pictures Tuesday on the House floor as the chamber held a quorum call to kick off the 115th Congress — a violation of House rules that Republicans want to start punishing with a fine of up to $2,500.
Roll Call spotted Democrats taking photos in an apparent protest to the proposed fine, which the House adopted later on Tuesday as part of a vote on a package of rules governing operations of the lower chamber. However, the photos were snapped during the brief period at the start of a new Congress when the House has no rules in effect so technically, the Democrats did nothing wrong.
A few Republicans, like Oregon Rep. Greg Walden, were also seen taking advantage of the brief rules lapse and capturing photos of the opening-day floor proceedings.
Since lawmakers had not yet adopted the new package, members could not be fined for their actions.
Taking photos or recording video on the House floor has been a longstanding violation of House rules, but the fine is something new that Republicans are proposing this year as a delayed reaction to the Democrats’ June sit-in on the House floor to protest inaction on gun violence. During the sit-in, Democrats used their cell phones to record video of their speeches and chants, and took photos of themselves and their colleagues after Republicans turned off the C-SPAN cameras that provide live access to the floor.
Some of the Democrats who took protest photos Tuesday shared them on social media.
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I’ve got bigger things to deal with.
Question for Roll Call: Slow news day?
Remember when you were young and thought the world was run by adults? Pretty naive.
When you’re robbing the American taxpayer, it’s best not to be on camera doing it.
The dems are like little kids.
It would be easier to just ban the cellphones from the House Floor...................
Acting like Third World politicians in Africa.
Of course, the Democrats would camp out in the secondary area but then it would make them look like obstructionists and pouty little children.
They sure are.
The children hour.
So the news is: nobody did anything wrong.
My first thought also
All the deals are made in the back rooms. I want photos taken so we know who shows up to work.
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