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Sunday, December 24, 2006
Pelosi denies CSPAN's request for cameras on House floor
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, denied a request Friday by CSPAN to install its own cameras on the House floor.
Under the current arrangement, the House cameras are solely operated under the discretion of the speaker, CSPAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Lamb told CNN. The speakers sole control of the cameras "does a disservice to the institution and to the public," Lamb said in a letter to Pelosi requesting a change. In a letter to CSPAN, Pelosi responded, "I believe that the dignity and decorum of the United States House of Representatives are best preserved by maintaining the current system of televised proceedings." CSPAN also was unable to convince the GOP of the same request in 1995. "Every chance you get you have to ask...we want more access," Lamb told CNN. -- CNN's Alexander Mooney and Julie Hofler
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