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French patients who fail to turn up to a medical appointment will be forced to pay a fine of €5. ‌ Gabriel Attal, the prime minister, unveiled the penalty as President Emmanuel Macron’s government is under orders to cut spending given a shock rise in public deficit and debt. ‌ French media has dubbed the scheme “the rabbit tax” as French for a no-show is poser un lapin. ‌ Penalising patients who fail to show up could free up to 20 million appointm...

Before the current Congress, a House rules vote hadn’t failed in two decades. There have been six failures under the current majority, setting a modern record.