Ryan Proposes Fines, Ethics Moves on Grandstanding House Members
- Move follows Democrats’ live-streaming of gun-vote protest
- House Sergeant-at-Arms would be able to garnish paychecks
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U.S. Speaker Paul Ryan and his Republican lieutenants want to hit fellow lawmakers with fines and potential ethics violations if they engage in live-streaming or other disruptions on the House floor.
The move is a belated response to this summer’s 25-hour sit-in by Democrats protesting Republican inaction on gun-control legislation.