{"id":1666246,"date":"2022-09-30T08:42:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666246"},"modified":"2022-09-30T08:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:42:58","slug":"ethics-investigation-called-for-after-democrat-used-voting-proxy-to-go-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-investigation-called-for-after-democrat-used-voting-proxy-to-go-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Investigation Called For After Democrat Used Voting Proxy To Go To Paris"},"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%2Fethics-investigation-called-for-after-democrat-used-voting-proxy-to-go-to-paris%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=1666246&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>Democrats in Washington have used the cover of the Covid \u201chealth emergency\u201d to get away with anything from forced masking to student loan \u201cforgiveness\u201d over the past two-plus years. But now one Democrat lawmaker is under fire for citing that \u201cemergency\u201d as an excuse to vote by proxy \u2014 only to go run off for a Paris vacation. <\/p>\n<p>This past August, Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, requested and was approved to vote by proxy for the wrongly named Inflation Reduction Act because of the \u201congoing public health emergency.\u201d But after admitting her real reasoning for the proxy vote was to vacation in Paris, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) has called for an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics into the Democrat for her abuse of the House\u2019s proxy voting rules.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/65db76_4b619ec0715044ad80e8aef40f438812.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FACT<\/a>, Axne filed a letter with the House Clerk on Aug. 12, 2022, stating, \u201cI am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency and hereby grant the authority to cast my vote by proxy to the Honorable Jennifer Wexton, who has agreed to serve as my proxy.\u201d Her request was approved, and Wexton cast Axne\u2019s ballot in her place, voting in favor of the inflation-intensifying bill.<\/p>\n<p>When an Instagram post from Axne\u2019s son showed the representative and her family in Paris a day before the vote, however, her campaign was asked for the real reason she was voting by proxy, and the post was predictably removed. When questioned later by a reporter on the scandal, Axne admitted that she actually used the proxy to vacation in France with her family \u2014 meaning her absence had nothing to do with any \u201chealth emergency\u201d and she therefore lied to the House Clerk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deal is I\u2019m a family member, I\u2019m a mom of two boys and my husband,\u201d Axne said. \u201cWe have an August session where we were out of session here and I had a trip planned for eight months, and paid for, because that was the only time that I could go, because we were out of session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axne continued her excuse, stating: \u201cNow the Senate finally got their act together and was able to pass something a year after we passed it in the House, and then an emergency vote was called and I was gone. I wanted to make sure that I voted so Iowans could have a voice because we need the Inflation Reduction Act for Iowans, and we needed to make sure we had that vote\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only do the Proxy Vote Rules <a href=\"https:\/\/65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/65db76_4b619ec0715044ad80e8aef40f438812.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state<\/a> that this option may only be used for Covid-19 reasons, but FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold explained in the organization\u2019s letter that this also violates \u201cbasic ethics rules requiring Members to act in a manner that reflects creditably on the House.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Office of Congressional Ethics exists to ensure that lawmakers comply with the ethics rules that Axne blatantly violated. Thus Arnold urged \u201cthe Board to immediately investigate whether Representative Axne willfully abused the House proxy voting rules and made a false statement to the House Clerk,\u201d to ensure the congresswoman isn\u2019t just another on the long list of Democrats who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/03\/rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me-a-rundown-of-lockdown-leftists-ignoring-their-own-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">break the rules<\/a> without any consequences.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Sophia is an intern at The Federalist and a student at Le Moyne College.  She majors in English and intends to pursue a career in journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats in Washington have used the cover of the Covid \u201chealth emergency\u201d to get away with anything from forced masking to student loan \u201cforgiveness\u201d over the past two-plus years. 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