According to the Washington Post, Congress is moving deeper into the world of web video, a tact the New Politics Institute has long advocated, but House member Kevin McCarthy has found that, in some cases, doing so breaks House rules.
More than 100 House members have multimedia pages and YouTube links on their Web sites -- all in violation of House rules that date to when lawmakers communicated with voters through snail mail and newsletters.
Amazingly, Rep. McCarthy and others have worked out a deal with YouTube whereby the tech giant will establish a commercial free section that Congress can use, which would put Congressional YouTube users back on the right side of this particular rule.
It's encouraging to see elected officials push further into the content creation side of web video. As George Allen and others have learned, it's probably better than solely being on the side where content is created against you.
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