Television network C-SPAN has requested regular access to the House chamber after it was granted unprecedented access to the floor last week in what turned out to be a turbulent and emotionally charged House speaker vote last week.
In a letter (pdf) to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), C-SPAN CEO Susan Swain asked that the network be allowed to have continued coverage of the House floor on behalf of both the network and congressionally accredited news organizations.
“During last week’s speaker election, C-SPAN was permitted to bring its own cameras into the chamber,” Swain wrote. “The public, press, and member reaction to C-SPAN’s coverage—along with the ‘transparency’ themes in your new rules package—have encouraged us to resubmit a request we have made to your predecessors without success.”…