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Bill places CVC administrators under AoC |
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By Jordy Yager
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Posted: 03/05/08 06:52 PM [ET] |
The House passed a bill under suspension of the rules by voice vote Wednesday that formally places administrators in the new Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) under the Architect of the Capitol’s (AoC) office.
By doing so, the House places the CVC under its control, since it already supervises the AoC.
“This is very important for the long term of the CVC in the sense that it will maintain interest of members in the House and Senate,” said Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.), co-sponsor of the bill and ranking member of the House Administration Committee.
Separately, the House also approved a continuing resolution calling on members to keep their papers in order. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.), who chairs the House Administration Committee, also was approved by voice vote under suspension of the rules.
Ehlers said the resolution would not have any impact over disputes surrounding the papers of lawmakers who are indicted or are under investigation. Members of Congress two years ago became involved in a dispute with the Bush administration after the FBI seized papers in a raid of Rep. William Jefferson’s (D-La.) office.
“The fact is that many of us are very sloppy about keeping our stuff and there are parts that may be of great interest. Of course, they also may not be [of interest], but we should leave that for a historian to decide,” Ehlers said.
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