Director of GPO. Former Floor Director for Speaker Paul Ryan and long-time House Committee staffer
Feb 28, 2019 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
1/ This seems to be a perennial fight for Democrats in the majority. They want to talk a good game about how they can run a more open House, but when Republicans get good at using their limited procedural tools, they change course.
2/ A little bit of history about the motion to recommit (MTR). Before 1995, there was no requirement that the majority allow the minority to offer a MTR. The Dem majority would routinely deny Republicans the ability to offer MTRs at all.
