Democratic House leaders held a news briefing Tuesday as the caucus begins the new session as the minority party.
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Democrats decried the new rules passed Monday night by House Republicans as caving to the demands of the far-right aligned with Trump's Make American Great Again agenda.
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"These rules are not a serious attempt at governing," said Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee. Rather, he said, it's a "ransom note from far right."
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., focused his criticism on the GOP's so-called Holman Rule, which would allow Congress to rescind the pay of individual federal employees: "This is no way to govern."