I have CSPAN on hold and they are telling me that the house leadership owns the cameras and will not turn them on. I asked for a screen crawl explaining this to the American people. That is under conseideration.
Call em and push for it.
I asked for a screen crawl explaining this to the American people. That is under conseideration.
GOOD IDEA!
Those cameras were paid for by U.S. taxpayers, not the House "leadership."
They belong to us, so TURN THEM ON!
Seems a necessity, as apparently there are a good many who do not understand the majority party sets the rules/procedures for each House. It is not fair to blame C-SPAN for not having the cameras on, blasting "un-American," etal. These kinds of comments were made during the Clinton years, when C-SPAN would leave a House hearing investigating WH shenanigans in order to comply with its mandate to broadcast the House when in Session, Lamb getting all manner of "He's biased!" charges, no matter how many times it is explained that C-SPAN covers the Floor of the House when IN SESSION and leaves it when the House ADJOURNS.
The Republican party needs to turn this whole thing into an ad...including saying that the Dem's turned off the lights and shut down the camera's so the American people could not see the debate. Stifling debate, refusing to do what can be done to lower gas prices, this is the Democratic party.