Now, if the Trump and Republicans do not want to accept what is presented by the scientific community so be it, but reviving this 19th century legislation shows that they are not refuting what is said but trying to control it. 
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She noted that the government had ample avenues for intimidation, including the so-called “Holman rule,” a 19th-century procedural rule newly reinstated by the Republican-led House, that allows lawmakers to reduce the pay of an individual federal employee to $1

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