How the 'Holman rule' allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all
- Written by Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Reinstituted rules in the U.S. House of Representatives allow members to fire federal staffers and cut programs.Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives has just voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like...