{"id":1554939,"date":"2022-07-14T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T18:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554939"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:05:19","slug":"senate-candidate-tim-ryan-uses-covid-voting-procedure-24-times-in-one-day-to-attend-campaign-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-candidate-tim-ryan-uses-covid-voting-procedure-24-times-in-one-day-to-attend-campaign-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Candidate Tim Ryan Uses COVID Voting Procedure 24 Times In One Day To Attend Campaign Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fsenate-candidate-tim-ryan-uses-covid-voting-procedure-24-times-in-one-day-to-attend-campaign-events%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=1554939&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tim-ryan-scaled-e1657815775781.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Tim Ryan, the Democratic nominee in Ohio\u2019s Senate race, voted by proxy 24 times Wednesday in order to attend campaign events in his home state.<\/p>\n<p>The ten-term Democrat from northeast Ohio attended campaign events in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan\/status\/1547297218666823680\">Toledo<\/a> area and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan\/status\/1547234051257507840\">Portage County<\/a>, according to posts on his Twitter page and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtol.com\/video\/news\/local\/tim-ryan-campaigns-for-senate-in-northwest-ohio-wednesday\/512-3c85b5d7-c4ae-4832-8591-a07c1812426a\">local<\/a> news <a href=\"https:\/\/nbc24.com\/news\/local\/tim-ryan-tours-toledo-solar-discusses-legislation-to-keep-solar-power-manufacturing-in-us\">reports<\/a>. Just one day before, however, Ryan submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/legislative\/proxy-letters\/117\/2\/active\/Ryan-OH13-20220712-36.pdf\">letter<\/a> to the clerk of the House of Representatives saying that he would be unable to \u201c<span id=\"page3R_mcid12\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">physically attend proceedings<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in the House Chamber due to the ongoing<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">public health <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">emergency.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Virginia Rep. Don Beyer cast <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes?Date=07\/13\/2022\">votes<\/a> for Ryan on several amendments to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an omnibus package that funds the Department of Defense. Ryan also missed votes on bills addressing active shooter responses and law enforcement officials\u2019 exposure to fentanyl. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/21\/semiconductor-supply-chain-review-mike-gallagher-national-defense-authorization-act\/\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Bipartisan Group Of Reps Propose Semiconductor Supply Chain Review)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The sun\u2019s shining on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toledo_solar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@toledo_solar<\/a> because they\u2019re going all in creating clean energy jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the tour\u2014this is exactly the kind of company we need more of in Ohio. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DEabgWYoIU\">pic.twitter.com\/DEabgWYoIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan\/status\/1547297218666823680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ryan cited shortages and reliance on China made apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic as a key reason for his support of companies like Toledo Solar during his appearance at the green energy plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen through the pandemic how reliant we are on China for so many products and it\u2019s just outrageous that we\u2019re going to continue to go down that road,\u201d he told NBC 24. \u201cWe need to take a stand and it will benefit solar companies here in northwest Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s campaign did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment on his absence from the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>JD Vance, Ryan\u2019s general election opponent, told the Daily Caller that the missed appearances provide evidence that Ryan is a career politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"im\">Tim Ryan has spent 20 years in Washington, DC living off the taxpayers\u2019 dime, while accomplishing nothing except renaming a few buildings. It\u2019s bad enough that he\u2019s refusing to show up to work, but it\u2019s truly disgraceful that he\u2019s lying to Ohioans about why he\u2019s not showing up for it. This career politician fraud doesn\u2019t deserve a promotion in November, he deserves a pink slip,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ryan voted by proxy 60 times in 2021, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/riponsociety.org\/2022\/01\/proxy-voting-in-the-house-in-2021\/\">analysis<\/a> from the Ripon Society. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi first introduced the procedure at the beginning of the pandemic, and the Supreme Court declined to hear a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/24\/supreme-court-kevin-mccarthy-proxy-voting-lawsuit\/\">lawsuit<\/a> from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy challenging it.<\/p>\n<p>Many conservatives have criticized proxy voting, claiming that members are abusing the procedure and lying about their absences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve all heard the anecdotes of people going to fundraisers, Democrats and Republicans by the way. I\u2019m not saying only the other side has abused this,\u201d Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/stop-lying-republicans-trash-colleagues-who-use-proxy-voting-to-go-to-a-fundraiser\/\">said<\/a> at a House Rules Committee in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about birthdays, it\u2019s about graduation parties, it\u2019s about the birth of children, it\u2019s about climate change, it\u2019s about strokes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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