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How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all

  • Written by Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at allReinstituted rules in the U.S. House of Representatives allow members to fire federal staffers and cut programs.Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like...

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