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House Reps Must Show Up to Vote – Intercessors for America

The House has put an end to proxy voting. 

From Breitbart. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reaffirmed his position on proxy voting Thursday morning …

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“No more proxy voting,” the speaker said Thursday morning on Twitter. “Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.”

McCarthy, who already had a successful week as Speaker, reaffirmed his position on proxy voting, which was set in place after becoming Speaker and the House passing the rules package. …

When the Democrat majority instituted the rule nearly three years ago, on May 15, 2020, supposedly due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, House Republicans were mainly in favor of changing the proxy voting rule.

Under the rule, members of Congress were allowed to proxy vote, which means that one member of the House could cast a vote on behalf of an absent member. …

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(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Getty Images)

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