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getagrip_already

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7. Thats just a house rule....

Reply to Polybius (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 02:50 PM

Dec 27

Not a constitutional barrier.

They could just vote through a change to the rule and move forward. There is even a theory the seargent at arms could schedule a vote.

Rules are not laws, and the house is the ultimate authority of its own business.

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Thats just a house rule.... getagrip_already Dec 27 #7

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