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Senate Finance chair sets rules for civil debate; committee approves clerk by voice vote
Summary
At the committee's organizational meeting, Sen. Ann Cummings emphasized respectful debate, outlined the committee's bipartisan approach to complex fiscal issues and the panel approved a clerk by voice vote (the appointee's name was not clearly recorded in the transcript).
Sen. Ann Cummings, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, opened the panel’s organizational meeting with a request for civil discourse and said she expects the committee to work collegially on high-stakes fiscal issues. During the meeting members nominated and approved a committee clerk by voice vote.
"I have 1 rule, and that is we don't shoot the messenger," Cummings said, describing the tone she…
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