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Conservative or chaotic members of their conference who have put us in this position, but they honestly cant afford to wait around, let this come out and potentially risk not being able to get a set of rules to govern the conference going forward. >> speaking of transparency, jamie gangel, what about the fact weve had so much transparency we havent been in legislative business so the c-span cameramen and women have been able to shoot anything they want as opposed to the government seizing what t...

Thank all of our viewers cnns exclusive screening of snakes on a plane part 2. ive never seen the amount of treachery not since 1866 since preston brooks the kind of treachery at the capitol dome. >> was that on c-span? >> this is absolutely high drama, crazy stuff. i cant imagine how mccarthy and mchenry who i was heaping praise upon earlier for their skill today. >> but wait a second. >> somebody lied to them. >> right when it happened people were telling me rosendale who committed the first a...

>> 35 congresspeople sworn in. c-span cameras on george santos. >> we can confirm george santos was actually sworn in as a member of congress, something that he put out in a press release on monday, which was not true. its done. its definitely you and i met each other in the halls a few hours ago when were not sure if it was gonna happen tonight. >> now is hes doing hes not doing the rose package tonight so you might have to adjourn. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. >> its my...

C-span aired all of this stuff.v they aired every vote , even aired the after hour. things that happened inan hou the congress, meaning you could go down and occupy an hour of time and talk about whatever you want to talk about, too. whats curious to me is there in the majority. so why do you theyre fightingth themselves. and this fight was amongis fig republicans, between the republicans to figure out can we hold ourselverepublicn ws accountable, to be accountable to the people whice?h is a cur...

First allowed in 1979 c-span has asked to add its own cameras, and each time the house has denied the request. but c-span is allowed to bring in its own cameras during certain high-profile events, and this event not only qualified but it lasted all week. so if you were watching this all go down this week here on cnn, you were watching from a feed supplied by c-span. as a result, as "the washington post" pointed out, we got to see all the sausage being made or, as "the post" described, loud booin...

The scaling back of a newsroom, think about george santos and how many more like him might be getting away with something. still to come, more of your best and worst tweets and youtube and facebook comments and the final results of this weeks poll question. go to smerconish.com now, register for the newsletter and answer this weeks question. should the house speaker allow c-span cameras full access to the house chamber for all proceedings? science proves quality sleep is vital to your mental, em...

94-6 and 36,000 people voting. mr. speaker, kevin mccarthy, we want to keep watching. please, give c-span, give cnn, all the media the same access that weve all enjoyed this week watching the sausage be made. it could be your first item of business on monday. here is some of the social media reaction that came in during the program. totally agree. put cameras everywhere, especially in politics. lets see everything. to me its quite logical, as citizen, have you ever sat in the gallery of the hous...

An opportunity to become household names, fund-raising magnets. but in normal sessions, they often dont want us to see everything. i was reminded of this when i spoke to my sirius xm colleague steve scully last night. steve had a 30-year career at c-span. he turned me on to this gem from 1992 when legendary house speaker tip oneill shared his concerns about cameras with brian lamb. >> by the way, you know, one of the things people often miss is they think we control those cameras. the house cont...

A pledge to rein in spending. we will see if he is able to achieve that. certainly a rock isky start. >> congress is taking a break after a crazy week. they are coming back monday. whats up next? >> reporter: one of the chief tasks now is to vote on the rules. we saw the c-span cameras this week able to get into the chamber and allow the american public to see all sorts of things we dont normally see because this place operates on rules. and now that republicans have retaken the majority, albeit...

Fella taking a nap, which could happen on occasion. i just dont think that that is in the best interest of our congress, of our people. and i think that everythings going all right. leave it alone. >> theres the contrarian argument. tips concerns notwithstanding, heres hoping what we just witnessed can continue. c-spans director of editorial operations told "the washington post" he hopes the network will be allowed to show more to the american people. "those visuals are really speaking to viewer...