GOP Attempts to Give Speaker Exclusive Authority to Open Government [Video]

GOP Attempts to Give Speaker Exclusive Authority to Open Government [Video]
Published: 14 Oct, 2013
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House Resolution 368 would have taken away the privilege of any member of the House to call up the Senate Bill to open the government, thereby preventing any Democrat OR Republican from offering a resolution that would open the government. Instead, the right would be granted exclusively to the Republican leader or his designee.

WATCH: Rep. Chris Van Hollen Confronts the Chairman

http://youtu.be/0Jd-iaYLO1A

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