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Yes, just like The Clinton administration was supposed to be the most 
ethical administration is history and ended up being the most corrupt 
and inept.


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Pelosi says no to C-SPAN request on floor proceedings
Associated Press 
Article Launched: 12/22/2006 04:38:28 PM MST


WASHINGTON -- Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi cited the need to preserve the 
''dignity and decorum'' of the House as she rejected a request Friday 
that C-SPAN operate its own cameras in covering the chamber. 

The public service network has provided gavel-to-gavel television 
coverage of House proceedings since 1979. But the House leader has kept 
control of the cameras, with coverage generally limited to tight shots 
of the speaker or the podium.

The situation is similar in the Senate, which C-SPAN has televised since 
1986.

C-SPAN's chairman and chief executive told Pelosi, D-Calif., that under 
this arrangement, cameras are prevented ''from taking individual 
reaction shots or from panning the chamber, leaving viewers with an 
incomplete picture of what's happening in the House of 
Representatives.''

Brian Lamb wrote Pelosi on Dec. 14 that media cameras long have been 
permitted to cover committee hearings and that for a dozen years or more 
independent cameras have been allowed into the chamber for joint session
and joint meetings in the House.

He said C-SPAN would cover floor proceedings in the same manner it 
covers hearings _ ''fully, accurately and with the unbiased production 
style on which we've built our reputation for the past 28 years.''

Pelosi said in her response Friday, ''I believe the dignity and decorum 
of the United States House of Representatives are best preserved by 
maintaining the current system of televised proceedings.''

Lamb said in an interview he was ''very disappointed'' by Pelosi's 
decision. He said he tried unsuccessfully to change the policy when 
Republicans gained control of the House in 1995 and thought this would 
be another good opportunity because Pelosi has stressed that this will 
be the most open and ethical Congress in history.

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