Members of the convention’s platform committee considered hundreds of proposed changes to a party platform that many delegates described as a political marketing document. Quicken Loans Arena is decorated to welcome the Republican National Convention, which will be held in Cleveland July 18-21. Both, however, were set aside by voice votes, as the RNC Rules Committee decided not to try to influence or tie the hands of the convention rules committee. A man walks past the Quicken Loans Arena, site of next week’s Republican National Committee, on July 11 in Cleveland. Members of the Republican National Committee overseeing the party largely avoided wading into the issue Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post July 13, 2016 01:48 UTC