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House Rules Violation Card

Red pass with black text reading, “You Are In Violation Of House Rules (Rule XVII, Clause 5) Please discontinue the use of your electronic device immediately. Thank you.”/tiles/collection/3/30481.xml
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Red pass with black text reading, “You Are In Violation Of House Rules (Rule XVII, Clause 5) Please discontinue the use of your electronic device immediately. Thank you.”
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Date

ca. 2005

Dimensions

2 × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)

Accession Number

2011.028.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

In the early 21st century, the House slowly found a balance between telephones, which were not allowed on the House Floor, and the increasingly ubiquitous electronic devices that function as phones and mobile email devices. Before House Rules changed to allow some use of smartphones on the floor, the Sergeant at Arms could hand this card to a Member to discreetly enforce the ban.

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