Debate on recorded subcommittee votes

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Debate on recorded subcommittee votes

You can listen to today’s entire floor debate on House Democrats’ proposed rule change to require recorded subcommittee votes below.

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Note that Del. Morgan Griffith’s statements stand in stark contrast to former Del. John Welch’s assertion last year that it’s a “great thing” that House Republicans “gave killing power to subcommittees.”

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January 9, 2008 at 3:14 pm

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