As of this morning about 70 Democrats will be voting in the US House by proxy-meaning someone else will cast votes on their behalf so they can stay home and avoid #Coronavirus exposure. @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans filed a lawsuit over #Proxyvoting #NexstarDC
McCarthy will be leading a GOP presser in a few minutes to discuss proxy voting, and why he and his caucus say it’s unconstitutional. #NexstarDC
“This violates the constitution, only to empower the speaker” -McCarthy on #ProxyVoting, calls it a scheme #NexstarDC
More than half of California House Democrats are voting by proxy, leaving 19 million people voiceless without representation -@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy.
Whip Scalise and GOP leadership tying congress voting in person with the country reopening in general. Says the cost is too high not to reopen. #NexstarDC
Scalise says constitutionality of anything Congress passes with a proxy vote could be questioned in the future #NexstarDC
Congresswoman @Liz_Cheney says she’s open to some form of remote voting, but says Dems decided on #proxyvoting constitution #NexstarDC
As the presser wrapped up, congresswoman Cheney told reporters separately that she believes the President should stop tweeting about #JoeScarborough, adding the family of his now deceased former staffer is suffering #NexstarDC
I asked GOP Leader McCarty about #Twitter fact-checking the Presidents tweets about #MailInBallots that are provably false, he says he’s concerned about who’s doing the fact-checking #NexstarDC
“As a member designated by Mr. Desaulnier of California...Mr. Desaulnier will vote aye.” Congressman @RepDeSaulnier voted today through @DorisMatsui... ladies and gentlemen, this is what #ProxyVoting in Congress looks like #NexstarDC
Congressman Desaulnier is a cancer survivor and as recently as last month was in the ICU with non-#COVID related pneumonia, according to a statement from his family. Dems would argue he’s the quintessential reason for #proxy or remote voting during #coronavirus #NexstarDC
Our full story from yesterday on the House utilizing #ProxyVoting for the first time in its history #NexstarDC
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