{"id":533061,"date":"2021-05-20T16:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533061"},"modified":"2021-05-21T10:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:35:48","slug":"fines-dropped-against-two-lawmakers-over-metal-detectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fines-dropped-against-two-lawmakers-over-metal-detectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Fines Dropped Against Two Lawmakers Over Metal Detectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffines-dropped-against-two-lawmakers-over-metal-detectors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-33.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The House Ethics Committee dismissed fines Thursday against two veteran lawmakers who&#8217;d been accused of evading weapons screening required before entering the House chamber.<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 House Democratic leader James Clyburn of South Carolina and Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., had both faced $5,000 fines for separate incidents last month.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn \u201cdeliberately avoided being screened&#8221; before entering the House chamber, according to a Capitol Police memorandum released by the ethics panel. A separate police report said Rogers had triggered a metal detector and entered the chamber anyway, saying he had to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Each lawmaker had filed a one-page letter disputing the accusations. In two-paragraph responses dated Thursday, the bipartisan committee \u2014 with five Democrats and five Republicans \u2014 said that \u201ca majority of the Committee agreed&#8221; to each appeal. The letters provided no explanations.<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn, 80, and Rogers, 83, are among Congress&#8217; oldest members.<\/p>\n<p>The committee has rejected appeals of similar violations by two other lawmakers, Reps. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., and Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, meaning they would have to pay their fines.<\/p>\n<p>The mandatory searches began this year after the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. The requirement has been a partisan flashpoint, underscoring tensions and distrust between the two parties since the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers are allowed to carry firearms in much of the Capitol and its grounds, but not into the House chamber. The public is not allowed to carry weapons in or around the Capitol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Ethics Committee dismissed fines Thursday against two veteran lawmakers who&#8217;d been accused of evading weapons screening required before entering the House chamber. 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