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9 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
McCarthy today calls on US Supreme Court to end House proxy voting which began on May 27, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic: "Today, we are asking the Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution by overturning Speaker Pelosi’s perpetual proxy voting power grab."
McCarthy: "Although the Constitution allows Congress to write its own rules, those rules cannot violate the Constitution itself, including the requirement to actually assemble in person."
McCarthy: "The Senate has managed through the whole pandemic without proxy voting because they know, as we do, that it is unconstitutional. To restore the House to its proper legislative role, the Supreme Court must strike down proxy voting.”
Both House Democrats & Republicans have increasingly voted by proxy in floor votes since it began last yr, including 7 House Republicans who voted by proxy against impeaching President Trump in January & also supported GOP lawsuit to overturn proxy voting.

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