Republican plan to lift the ban on the use of electronic gadgets like the iPad , iPhone and BlackBerry on the House floor . Now our lawmaker can check their Facebook and update their chirrup during those filibustering multiplication .
More seriously though , the new ruler hop that lawmakers would use these devices to look up entropy regarding the matter at hand , like turn back the schoolbook of a invoice , checking fact , or keeping up with the news on the 24-hour interval . The Republicans say :
“ Mr. Boehner [ Speaker of the House ] has bass respect for the institution and its traditions . This is not free license to Skype or pay bills online . But we recognize that people consume information electronically these days . It ’s just silly that the House would n’t accommodate that . ”
Way to move with the times GOP . Currently , the Senate has no plans to introduce electronic gadget employment , but both houses have a sorta “ wink and nod ” batch to appropriate use on the sly . What ’re the chance a Representative tweets something he regrets during legislation ? [ NY Times ]
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