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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) — Chair, Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs

VisitAsk a Pol ~ asking your lawmakers your questions at your US Capitol ~What should we ask Congress next? Let us know!In our latest episode, Ask a Pol asks:

There was some crypto drama over in the House yesterday.

Key Scott: 

“Is that right? What happened?,” Sen. Tim Scott exclusively told Ask a Pol. “Tell me about it.”

The ‘rule’* went down — you didn’t hear about that?

“I did,” Scott said. “I figured you know more than I know, so I was gonna get the real stuff from you.”

Are you feeling good now that Trump got involved?

“It looked like it worked out last night,” Scott said. “Didn’t it?”

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*Mini-explainer: What’s a House “rule”?

The Speaker controls the House of Representatives through maintaining a seemingly all-seeing, iron grip on the Rules Committee, which is (mostly) stacked with the Speaker’s faithful lieutenants.

Before any bill can come before the full House, the Rules Committee sets up parameters of floor debate, ie how much time each party has to debate, how many amendments are allowed to be offered, which amendments will be voted on, etc.

With 435 House members, imagine if each member offered an amendment at once…

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