{"id":1816110,"date":"2023-01-19T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1816110"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:36:32","slug":"house-speaker-mccarthy-officially-ends-proxy-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-speaker-mccarthy-officially-ends-proxy-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"House Speaker McCarthy Officially Ends Proxy Voting"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fhouse-speaker-mccarthy-officially-ends-proxy-voting%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=1816110&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-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">The practice of proxy voting was first established by the House Republicans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> to allow legislators to vote in secret.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;No more proxy voting,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Speaker Kevin McCarthy<\/a>Thursday&#8217;s announcement by R-Calif. &#8220;Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former presidents established proxy voting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi<\/a>D-Calif. in May 2020 to allow Congress operation under COVID-19 pandemic protocols. A member of Congress could send a letter asking for a colleague to announce their position on the bills and amends. They can also cast votes in their names. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are proud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-says-votes-taken-in-house-under-proxy-rules-cannot-become-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued this policy enabled abuse<\/a> This allowed legislators to ignore their responsibilities. However, many GOP legislators took advantage of proxy voting during the last Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/conservatives-sharpen-their-spears-for-historic-debt-ceiling-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CONSERVATIVES SHARPEN THEIR SPEARS FOR HISTORIC DEBT CEILING FIGHT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/capitol-hill-second-day-orientation.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The exterior of the U.S Capitol is seen during the second day of orientation for new members of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2022.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n The exterior of U.S Capitol is viewed during the second day of orientation of new members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Sarah Silbiger, Washington Post via Getty Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/more-mccarthy-holdouts-added-house-oversight-judiciary-committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MORE MCCARTHY HOLDOUTS ADDED TO HOUSE OVERSIGHT, JUDICIARY COMMITTEES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>160 Republicans signed up to a lawsuit by McCarthy in 2020 challenging McCarthy&#8217;s practice. It was rejected by the Supreme Court. According to the Brookings Institute, 70% of the original Republican plaintiffs had voted through proxy by 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Proxy voting was meant to be a way of voting in a proxy election. &#8220;public health emergency&#8221; Both parties&#8217; lawmakers have taken their votes and used them to attend events and functions unrelated to voting in-person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-says-doj-treatment-trump-biden-classified-document-investigations-does-not-seem-fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MCCARTHY SAYS DOJ TREATMENT OF TRUMP, BIDEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT INVESTIGATIONS \u2018DOES NOT SEEM FAIR\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/house-of-representatives-rules-manual-kevin-mccarthy.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a House Rules and Manual book during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Rep. Mike Johnson, R.La., holds the House Rules and Manual book at a news conference outside Washington, D.C. Capitol on May 27, 2020.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Take, for example: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/michigan-biden-ford-democrats-proxy-votes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three Michigan Democrats<\/a> They voted in proxy to be able to attend a Ford Motors event in Dearborn, Michigan in May 2021 with President Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and other Republicans were caught using proxy votes to speak at Conservative Political Action Conference.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy had promised to end the practice if Republicans won the House majority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Senate has managed to maintain in-person Floor voting for the entirety of the past two years \u2014 with a much older population and a 50-50 makeup, no less,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-lawmakers-option-remote-proxy-voting-fridays-vote-spending-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said in December<\/a>. &#8220;From the get-go, we warned that proxy voting would be misused as a means of convenience rather than as a precaution for health \u2014 and it has been, by members of both parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Chris Pandolfo works as a Fox News Digital writer. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The practice of proxy voting was first established by the House Republicans. during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow legislators to vote in secret.\u00a0 &#8220;No more proxy voting,&#8221; House Speaker Kevin McCarthyThursday&#8217;s announcement by R-Calif. &#8220;Effective immediately, Members of Congress have to show up to work if they want their vote to count.&#8221; Former presidents established &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1790224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,3653,3663,5093,7780,3819,5654,4351],"class_list":["post-1816110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-house","tag-mccarthy","tag-officially","tag-proxy","tag-report","tag-speaker","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1790224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}