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The House Ethics Committee Thursday dropped $5,000 fines facing both House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., after they successfully appealed allegations that they skirted House magnetometers.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers are required to walk through metal detectors erected outside the House chamber \u2013 a security measure instated following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building.<\/p>\n
Five lawmakers, including GOP Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas and Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and most recently Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, have all been slapped with $5,000 fines for reportedly evading the security measures. <\/p>\n
Cylburn — the only Democrat to be issued a fine \u2013 and Rogers are the first lawmakers to successfully appeal their fines to the House Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n
Appeals by Gohmert and Clyde were rejected earlier this year. <\/p>\n
Fox News could not reach Foxx for comment on whether the congresswoman, who was issued a fine Tuesday, will seek an appeal.<\/p>\n
Clyde is the only congressman to have received two separate fines, which means he has been forced to pay out $15,000, as a second offense is a hefty $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Much to the dismay of Republican lawmakers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposed the security protocol and it was approved by the Democrat-controlled House earlier this year. <\/p>\n
The fine system was imposed after over a dozen Republican lawmakers refused to walk through the magnetometers on their way to the House floor.<\/p>\n
Less than a week after the U.S. Capitol attack, Gohmert caught the media\u2019s attention after he refused to abide by Capitol police and pass through the magnetometer.<\/p>\n
The congressmen from Texas infamously yelled back at security officials, “You can’t stop me; I’m on my way to a vote.”<\/p>\n
The fines are paid straight from the lawmakers as campaign funds or money allocated for office operations are not allowed to be used to cover their charges.<\/p>\n