Reading Time: 2 minutes House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Thursday that members of Congress are no longer allowed to cast proxy votes and must instead vote in person. The practice of voting by proxy was established by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in May 2020 to allow lawmakers to observe recommended COVID protocol. Pelosi […]
Source: McCarthy Officially Ends Proxy Voting: Lawmakers Have to ‘Show Up’ for ‘Their Vote to Count’