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Senate rules committee moves to adopt Rule 9(a) standards for remote committee participation
Summary
Committee members debated a motion to apply Rule 9(a) floor standards to remote committee meetings and to allow chairs discretion on remote participation; the transcript does not record a final vote outcome.
The Senate Rules Committee considered a motion to approve committee meetings "pursuant to the requirements of Rule 9(a) along with participation as determined appropriately by the chair," the Senate secretary said, and members discussed how that standard would apply to remote participation.
The proposal would extend the Rule 9(a) floor requirements — including on-camera voting and audio presence — to committee meetings that permit remote participation, while preserving each committee chair's discretion to…
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