Payback: House GOP votes to fine lawmakers for floor protests

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House Republicans struck back at Democrats for the floor demonstration they staged last year, by voting for new rules Tuesday that call for fines against lawmakers if they try it again.

Lawmakers voted along mostly partisan lines to approve the rules package, a must-pass measure that governs the entire two-year session. In the rules package was language that calls for fines against members who record or take pictures on the House floor.

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