Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has once again extended the chamber's proxy voting period. This will allow members of both parties to vote remotely until mid-August.
First implemented in May 2020, this order allows house members to nominate colleagues and submit votes on the floor.
This order was intended to allow lawmakers to take health precautions with an ongoing COVID-91 pandemic, but with Mondea Jones of the Democratic Party of New York. , Dozens of members have used this policy to vote remotely. Submit a vote from the French Riviera.
Pelosi (D-Calif.)announced an extension on Friday, citing a letter from Sergeant at Arms Officer William J. Walker, COVID-19 "Still valid."
Order (initially June) (Scheduled to expire on 28th) will stay in place until 12th August, as she has doneseveral times in the last few months, unless the speaker extends it again.
The Senate does not allow remote voting throughout the pandemic.
Earlier this month, the post posted between July 19th and July 27th last summer while Jones was attending the wedding of HBO star Issa Rae in France. I found that I voted on behalf of at least 17 times.
"I am unable to physically attend the House of Representatives agenda due to ongoing public health emergencies, which has led to the prestigious Nikema Williams, Georgia. Empowers me to vote on behalf of someone who has agreed to act on my behalf, "he wrote with his signature.
Jonessent another letter to the Clerk of the House last weekWith almost the same language and the same request.
As of Friday, the New York Democratic Party had no valid letter, but the Clerk of the Househad Lauren Boebert (R-Co.), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-Mo.), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Tom Rice (R-SC).
Other lawmakers who abused this policy include Congressman Karen Bass (D-Calif), who voted by an agent to submit documents to run for the Mayor of Los Angeles.Rep. Mo Brooks {reportedly submitted documents to attend a Senate campaign event in Alabama 54} (R-Ala.) And voted by an agent the same day she appeared. House GOP Conference ChairElise Stefanik(R-NY) At a funding event with former President Donald Trump of Florida.
Republicans have been strongly criticized by Republican lawmakers, especially Kevin McCarthy, a house minority leader who has tried to challenge orders in the Supreme Court, despite repeated use of policy. I did.
The court finally dismissed the objection in January, but McCarthy repeatedly vowed that the Republican Party would end the proxy vote when it regained a majority in the House of Representatives in November. ..
