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In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal

  • Written by Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normalSpeaker Kevin McCarthy at a news conference on Capitol Hill. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms.

And the three committee chairmen...

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