I like how all the media is reporting that the GOP “shut down the cameras”. That is a bunch of bull. Since the inception of cameras in the House, the House rules have been that the cameras are only on when the House is in session. The House had adjourned - thus no cameras. Now if the Dems really wanted to get their point of view across - without pulling this publicity stunt- they could have requested special orders after the close of legislative business. The cameras would have still been on and each member could have requested up to an hour to speak ( I am sure there is a total limit - probably to the end of the legislative day )
Not true.
Some of us are old enough to remember Special Orders, man they were fun. We remember when Tip O'nell in a rage one night went to the House and ordered the C-Span cameras be turned toward the gallery to show no one was in the House.
B1 Bomber Bob Dornan was one of my favorite rabble rousers. He pointed out one night, how Congress not only had the power to pass laws that were not subject to Supreme Court Judicial Review, but they had done so some 130 times.
I bought a 10 foot dish nearly 40 years ago just to watch C-SPAN, Well I watched a few movie channels too before they encrypted everything, including C-SPAN.