Tag: House Committee on Administration

House GOPer Says Proxy Voting, Remote Committee Hearings Have ‘Crushed’ Bipartisanship

March 25, 2022
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Allowing congressmen to vote remotely by proxy and participate in committee hearings digitally instead of in person have “crushed the ability to govern in a bipartisan fashion,” according to the top Republican on the committee that administers the House of Representatives. “These are single-handedly the worst policies that have been enacted, that have really crushed…

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‘Unworkable, Impractical’: Congressional Staffer Unions Would Bring More Dysfunction to Capitol, House Panel Told

March 2, 2022
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Letting Capitol Hill staffers organize in collective bargaining unions will be “unworkable” and “impractical,” and prompt “more dysfunction in Washington,” while undermining the independence of Congress, according to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.). “Unions can, and do, play a significant role in assuring a fair working environment,” Davis said in his opening statement before a March 2 hearing of…

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House Panel Warned Congressional Visitor Tracking Would Be ‘Logistical Nightmare’

February 17, 2022
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A Sergeant-at-Arms “visitor tracking” program to control access to the Capitol Complex by requiring all visitors to provide official photo IDs and submit to digital background checks will produce a “logistical nightmare” that “fundamentally alters our federal legislature,” a House committee was told Feb. 17. “I note with great alarm the suggestion by the House…

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GOPers Urge Capitol Police Watchdog to Address Pelosi’s ‘Politicized’ Hill Security

February 17, 2022
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United States Capitol Police (USCP) Inspector General (IG) Michael Bolton is being challenged to address publicly in today’s hearing of the House Committee on Administration what three GOP members of the panel describe as the “politicized campus security” of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Since January 6th, the Majority has politicized campus security,…

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House Republicans Call on Democrats to Reopen US Capitol Complex to the Public

December 17, 2021
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A trio of House Republicans told a special hearing of the House Committee on Administration Friday that it is past time to reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public and to depoliticize the rule-making process that has kept it closed for nearly two years. “When this virus first came to our shores, through no fault…

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