4 Heated House Moments From 2016

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4 Heated House Moments From 2016

By Michael Cades

Posted December 21, 2016 at 8:38pm

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Congress thrives on decorum and procedure, but occasionally, House members can get tense and sometimes even buck the rules – to get their point across. Here are 4 instances from this year when things got heated on the floor.

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