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Some conservative lawmakers are celebrating the end of proxy voting following the Republican-led House approving of a new rules package.

Wanted for years. and it shows, in this rules package that he hopes to get passed today. with me now is nbc news senior reporter garrett haake and eric crantor and former rnc communications director here with us as well. hello to both of you. garrett, does the rules committee vote typically even meet the bar for many msnbc live shots, i'm not sure it does, it sure does before, and as we talk about what is next for kevin mccarthy and what it he shows. talk us through it. >> it is a reality check how moiftd of the thing in the congress will go where a four-foot margin and a proven unruly confere...

>> first off, we got to be careful not to conflate the rules in this discussion that took place with these points that i'm going to argue to you, ainsley, all of our members are going to support. there is no back room deals. first, on the rules. you are opening up the capitol for the first time since the pandemic to the public. you're eliminating proxy voting and making people come to work. they haven't been doing it for years. you're reinstating the holman rule which is going to allow members to literally do targeted spending cuts within these huge bills and you are eliminating the opportunit...

Said she's on the fence or tony gonzalez who said he's a hard no on that package, and part of the defense from gop leaders and part of their pitch is either trying to downplay these concessions or trying to defend them. just take a listen to what house majority leader steve scalise told our manu raju earlier today. >> that's the way congress worked for over 200 years. nancy pelosi's the one who changed it. we're changing it back to where it used to be. we're making members of congress show up to work again. you have had proxy voting including just a few weeks ago where you had dozens, if not, ...

Changed it. we're changing it back to what it used to be and ultimately opening up the process. one of the things that doesn't get talked enough about regarding the rules package is we're making members show up to work again. think about this. for the last two years you've had proxy voting including just a few weeks ago, you know, where you had dozens if not over 100 members of congress voting from a remote location on a $1.7 trillion spending bill that was written in dark of night and dropped on members before they could read it. that's the kind of thing that people are sick of, and we need t...