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Rules Committee Conversion Liberal House Democrats Explore Leadership Instrument
Liberal Democrats in the House discuss reshaping the Rules Committee from a Conservative barrier into a leadership tool amid vacancies next month. They consider making the speaker or majority leader ex officio head, expanding the panel, and ending the 1 day rule to bypass bottlenecks, with liberals pushing for basic changes despite election reverses.
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House
Washington
Rules Committee
Committee On Rules
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
James W. Trimble
Arkansas
William MM. Colmer
Mississippi
James G. O'Hara
Michigan
Democratic
Education and Labor Committee
Smith
Joseph Cannon
Col