Panel OK's barring reporters from House floor 5 minutes before session starts

SALT LAKE CITY — A House panel has advanced a measure that would give the majority of Utah lawmakers a five-minute break from reporters right before they debate and vote.Over opposition from several journalists and some Democrats, the House Rules Committee on Monday advanced a resolution barring reporters from the House of Representatives floor in the five minutes before they are scheduled to meet.The panel approved the measure in a 6-2 vote, sending it on to the full House.The proposal fr