3 GOP House members lose appeals over $500 mask fines
Source: AP
By MEG KINNARD
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Three Republican U.S. House members have lost appeals challenging fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor earlier this year.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House Ethics Committee released statements noting that U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina had failed in their appeals of $500 fines issued in May.
The Republicans challenged the fines in June, arguing that the mandate was out of sync with recent federal guidance on face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote in question happened a week after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance noting that fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing.
At the time, face coverings were still required on the floor, a mandate put in place by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in June 2020. Even after the updated CDC guidance in May, Dr. Brian Monahan, Congress attending physician, wrote that mask requirement and other guidelines remain unchanged until all Members and floor staff are fully vaccinated.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks to the media about her suspend accounts on Twitter, during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)mpcamb
(2,878 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Following them can be such a bitch -especially when THEY have to follow them!
Red Mountain
(1,737 posts)they should have to pay something for the process they intentionally started.
This isn't an honest disagreement between honest folks.
bucolic_frolic
(43,307 posts)Whining no-good over-privileged louts
Whine like Trump! So UNFAIR to me! WhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)A fact she has been trying to hide from her base base.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The constitution is clear the House sets its own rules. Even a conservative court will not interfering.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,595 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,921 posts)Imagine...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)With the Delta variant now rampant, vax AND mask has to be the norm.
Also, there's the added benefit of covering up Perjury Traitor Gangreene's evil face.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)very unflattering look