Bruce Ash, chairman of the RNC’S powerful rules committee
along with the Standing Rules Committee at their RNC 2016 Summer Meeting
submitted a proposal that would "close and lock the back door to a
hijacking of the nomination" at the 2016 RNC Convention in Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Rules Committee is responsible for
crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that
govern the Republican National Convention. It is different from the RNC Standing Committee on Rules.
The
temporary rules are sent to the following convention’s committee 30
days prior to the date
of the convention itself along with a list of changes to the rules recommended
by the Republican
National Committee’s Standing Committee on Rules. Only the
convention Rules Committee has the authority to set convention rules, and it
has the power to decide for itself whether or not to adopt the changes
recommended by the RNC’s Standing Committee on Rules.
The
full name of the Rules Committee is the Convention
Committee on Rules and Order of Business. It is one of four major committees
that holds meetings at the Republicans’ quadrennial conventions. The other
three are the Credentials Committee, the Platform Committee, and the Permanent
Organization Committee. Source
