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House Rules Committee Ranking Member McGovern: House Republicans Officially Break (Their Own) Record For Most Closed Congress in History
September 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024:

Today, Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) responded to House Republicans breaking their own record for shutting down debate and presiding over the most closed session of Congress in American history. Republicans have now advanced an all-time high of 106 closed rules this Congress--breaking their own previ . . .

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