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Senate policy may reduce partisan squabbling on social media

The Columbian
Published: May 20, 2015, 5:00pm

TACOMA — A new Senate policy is attempting to reduce lawmakers’ partisan squabbling on social media sides such as Twitter.

The News Tribune of Tacoma reports that a Senate committee that sets administrative policy has approved expanding that chamber’s social media presence. But new guidelines also warn that “engaging in direct ‘conversation’ with others through social media is not appropriate” unless it’s to clarify or provide information.

The idea is to prevent the kind of partisan squabbling that has been playing out on Twitter between Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans.

The policy expands the use of social media, allowing all 49 senators and each caucus to have Facebook or YouTube accounts. But it doesn’t allow senators to have official individual Twitter accounts.

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