One Republican wise guy is using a financial trick to stop the House from collecting fines for his defiance of the mask rule.

This is a game Republicans use to appear powerful to their followers. If the game had no real stakes, the best thing would be to overlook it. Therefore they have decided to put other people's lives and health at risk, and their relatives' too. "I can put you and your family in danger, and you can't stop me, nyah nyah."

The House should adopt measures that are not possible to defy. For instance, to eject violators from the House space (part of the Capitol, and House office buildings) and exclude them for 48 hours.