{"id":1432865,"date":"2022-04-12T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432865"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:44:56","slug":"despite-end-of-covid-three-house-democrats-still-havent-shown-up-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-end-of-covid-three-house-democrats-still-havent-shown-up-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite End Of COVID, Three House Democrats Still Haven\u2019t Shown Up For Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdespite-end-of-covid-three-house-democrats-still-havent-shown-up-for-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432865&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Three House Democrats have not cast a single vote in person in 2022, according to an analysis published Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Albio Sires of New Jersey, Lucille Roybal-Allard of California and Al Lawson of Florida have used proxies to cast 125 votes each, the Honolulu Civil Beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2022\/04\/has-us-rep-kai-kahele-given-up-on-washington\/\">reported<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/albio-sires-confirms-retirement-new-jersey\/\">Sires<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/21\/following-redistricting-long-time-california-rep-lucille-roybal-allard-announces-retirement\/\">Roybal-Allard<\/a> have already announced that they will retire at the end of the congressional session, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/29\/ron-desantis-blocks-congressional-redistricting-florida-legislature\/\">redistricting<\/a> is likely to push Lawson into a difficult reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>In order to designate a proxy, lawmakers must <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/legislative\/proxy-letters\/117\/2\/active\/Baird-IN04-20220407-24.pdf\">state<\/a> that they are \u201c<span id=\"page248R_mcid39\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public <\/span><\/span><span id=\"page248R_mcid40\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">health emergenc<\/span><\/span>y.\u201d However, several <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/raising-money-in-california-this-week-malinowski-will-vote-by-proxy\/\">representatives<\/a> have been seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/news\/local-news\/2022\/01\/sefanik-votes-by-proxy-to-fundraise-with-trump\/\">attending<\/a> fundraisers after designating proxies, and 78 members <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/19\/after-record-breaking-mccarthy-speech-78-house-members-decide-not-to-show-up-for-build-back-better-vote\/\">designated<\/a> proxies for the Build Back Better vote following a marathon floor speech from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/stop-lying-republicans-trash-colleagues-who-use-proxy-voting-to-go-to-a-fundraiser\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Stop Lying\u2019: Republicans Trash Colleagues Who Use Proxy Voting To \u2018Go To A Fundraiser\u2019)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even as Congress and the Biden administration have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/stop-lying-republicans-trash-colleagues-who-use-proxy-voting-to-go-to-a-fundraiser\/\">lifted<\/a> other <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/democrats-speak-out-cdc-title-42-end\/\">restrictions<\/a> associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has maintained the proxy voting rule. McCarthy has vowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/24\/supreme-court-kevin-mccarthy-proxy-voting-lawsuit\/\">eliminate<\/a> it if Republicans take back the House in the 2022 midterms. The Senate does not allow for proxy voting.<\/p>\n<p>The offices of Sires, Roybal-Allard and Lawson did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller on their use of proxy voting and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A new analysis finds some lawmakers running or considering higher office are using proxy voting quite a lot.<\/p>\n<p>There are also 3 Democratic members who\u2019ve voted 100 percent by proxy this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k3U9Hpc9GO\">https:\/\/t.co\/k3U9Hpc9GO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congress Minutes (@politicongress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicongress\/status\/1513617807786795014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another congressman, Hawaii Rep. Kai Kahele, has voted in-person only five times in 2022, according to the Civil Beat. In one instance, he posted a photo of himself on social media at a marijuana dispensary shortly after voting by proxy to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/house-vote-end-marijuana-ban\/\">decriminalize<\/a> the drug. Kahele is reportedly considering a run for Hawaii lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats in both chambers of Congress have kept their offices closed in both the Capitol and their districts, citing the risk of COVID-19. Staffers for senators facing tough re-election campaigns, including Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, continue to work remotely, an investigation by the Washington Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-offices-across-country-remain-closed-due-to-pandemic\/\">found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All Democrats are fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/14\/politics\/democrats-vaccination-rates-house-mask-rules\/index.html\">vaccinated<\/a> against COVID-19 and have been since May 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three House Democrats have not cast a single vote in person in 2022, according to an analysis published Monday.Reps. 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