Category: House mask mandate

House Mask Mandate to Be Lifted Ahead of State of the Union Address

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) controversial House mask mandate has been lifted ahead of President Joe Biden’s March 1 State of the Union address. Capitol Physician Brian Monahan announced the changes to the law in a Sunday notice obtained by The Epoch Times, in which he said that CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus…


Rep. Greene Hit With 4 More Fines Over House Mask Mandate, Total at Least $48,000

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been hit with four additional fines for defying mask rules on the House floor, bringing the total number of financial penalties the lawmaker has received to at least $48,000. The House Ethics Committee said in a statement on Nov. 8 that on four occasions from Sept. 29 through Oct….


Rep. Taylor Greene Hit With 4 More Fines for Defying House Floor Mask Mandate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been been hit with four more fines for defying mask rules on the House floor, the House Ethics Committee said on Monday. In a statement, the House Ethics Committee said Greene refused to comply with House rules on four separate incidents over the span of three days in late…


US Capitol Police Walks Back a Memo on Arresting People for Not Wearing a Mask

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) reversed a decision to arrest people who do not comply with Tuesday’s reinstatement of the mask mandate, saying instead that the consequence for violators will be removal from the buildings. “Regarding the House mask rule, there is no reason it should ever come to someone being arrested. Anyone who…


US Capitol Police Arresting People for Not Wearing a Mask

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) reversed a decision to arrest people who do not comply with Tuesday’s reinstatement of the mask mandate, saying instead that the consequence for violators will be removal from the buildings. “Regarding the House mask rule, there is no reason it should ever come to someone being arrested. Anyone who…


House Ethics Committee Dismisses GOP Lawmaker’s $5,000 Metal Detector Fine

The 10-member panel on the House Ethics Committee voted Thursday to drop the $5,000 fine issued to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who challenged the report by the Capitol that said she failed to complete a security screening before entering the House building. This is the third time a majority of the evenly split bipartisan panel voted in…