{"id":1189,"date":"2011-01-07T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T17:48:00","slug":"lawmaker-tweets-from-house-floor-thanks-to-new-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/lawmaker-tweets-from-house-floor-thanks-to-new-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker tweets from House floor thanks to new rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Speaker Pelosi hands over the gavel to Speaker Boehner: hurrah!!!\" src=\"http:\/\/desmond.yfrog.com\/Himg612\/scaled.php?tn=0&amp;server=612&amp;filename=96367147.jpg&amp;xsize=640&amp;ysize=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Michael O&#8217;Brien, The Hill<\/p>\n<p>At least one lawmaker used the new rules in the House to tweet from the House&#8217;s floor.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) sent dispatches from the House floor, taking advantage of new rules \u2014 which, at that point, had not yet been approved \u2014 allowing members to use BlackBerrys and other electronic devices in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Ros-Lehtinen dispatched several tweets, one of which included a photo, proving that she <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RosLehtinen\/statuses\/22730634212409344\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>was tweeting from the floor<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Speaker Pelosi hands over the gavel to Speaker Boehner: hurrah!!! <a href=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h096367147j\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h096367147j<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Republican-led change in rules lifted a previous ban on the use of electronic devices on the floor. The rules change would allow lawmakers to use a BlackBerry, iPod, iPhone or other device while sitting in the chamber, as long as they don&#8217;t &#8220;impair decorum.&#8221; This likely means that phone calls from the floor wouldn&#8217;t be permitted.<\/p>\n<p>To read more, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/twitter-room\/other-news\/136171-lawmaker-tweets-from-house-floor-thanks-to-new-rules\">Lawmaker tweets from House floor thanks to new rules<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael O&#8217;Brien, The Hill At least one lawmaker used the new rules in the House to tweet from the House&#8217;s floor. Rep. 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