House GOP will punish Dems soon over June sit-in

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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., promised to reprimand Democrats “in the very near future” in response to their June “sit-in” that disrupted floor proceedings and legislative business.

McCarthy, who met Tuesday with reporters for the first time since Congress returned from summer recess, said Democrats broke “a number of rules” when they commandeered the chamber from June 22-23, and said the reprimand would serve as a warning not to repeat the action.

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