House adopts changes to the rules of Congress as McCarthy passes his the first big test as House speaker

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House adopts changes to the rules of Congress as McCarthy passes his the first big test as House speaker 

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The House of Representatives passed a new rules package on Monday which overhauls how it operates by creating additional barriers to congressional spending and by establishing an easier method for passing legislation

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The rules package was amended. were discussed until the 11th hour , as part of a plan to gain McCarthy the votes of the position of speaker. In favor of those changes included Roy, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. and new congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla. 

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The recently adopted rules contain a provision that permits House Freedom Caucus members to get 3 of 9 seats in the House Rules Committee, which sets the rules for how bills are introduced on the table and how they may be changed.

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The package also contains the return of a "Cut-As-You-Go" policy, which states that the legislation can't be thought of if it increases compulsory spending over a five or 10-year timeframe. 

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The "CUTGO" policy demands that bills that require new spending to be offset by cuts in other areas of the budget of the federal government - an innovative new way to limit federal spending that is part of the Republican's efforts to end the accumulation of trillions of dollars of annual new debt.