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A late-night House committee meeting looked more like a raucous episode of “Jerry Springer,” with partisan bickering out of control and one lawmaker insulting another for wearing “fake eyelashes.”

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A late-night House committee meeting looked more like a raucous episode of “Jerry Springer,” with partisan bickering out of control and one lawmaker insulting another for wearing “fake eyelashes.”

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Dale Dennis, Kansas deputy education commissioner, follows a state House committee's debate on school funding, Monday, May 15, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has approved a plan to phase in a $280 million increase in aid to public schools over two years. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas state Rep. Larry Campbell, R-Olathe, chairman of a special House committee on education funding, answers questions from reporters after it approved a plan for increasing aid to public schools, Monday, May 15, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has approved a plan to phase in a $280 million increase over two years (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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The chairman of a special House committee created to investigate the 2012 Benghazi tragedy on Monday instructed his staff to review secretly recorded tapes and intelligence reports that detail Hillary Clinton's role in advocating and executing the war in Libya, opening the door for a possible expansion of his probe. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Todd Vandermyde with the NRA shows off a gun butt stock during a House Committee hearing on assault weapons at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in February 2013. (Associated Press)

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Illinois Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, D-Aurora, speaks to lawmakers during a House committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr testifies before the House committee on Detroit's bankruptcy, at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT.

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House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., speaks during a luncheon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Supporters of a bill seeking to make noncitizens eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges and universities attend a House committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)