{"id":188813,"date":"2021-03-03T16:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188813"},"modified":"2021-03-03T16:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:45:31","slug":"gop-congressmen-call-out-colleagues-for-voting-by-proxy-claim-it-could-render-congress-permanently-dysfunctional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressmen-call-out-colleagues-for-voting-by-proxy-claim-it-could-render-congress-permanently-dysfunctional\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressmen Call Out Colleagues For Voting By Proxy, Claim It Could Render Congress \u2018Permanently Dysfunctional\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fgop-congressmen-call-out-colleagues-for-voting-by-proxy-claim-it-could-render-congress-permanently-dysfunctional%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=188813&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\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-128080073-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Two Republican members of Congress called out their colleagues earlier this week for voting by proxy, an act they claim is destructive to the legislative branch.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) especially criticized the GOP representatives who used vote-by-proxy rules to avoid voting in person on the stimulus bill last week, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-republicans-proxy-voting-tension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Ted Budd (R-NC), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Greg Steube (R-FL), and Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) instead attended and spoke at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference in Orlando, Florida, prompting accusations that they were abusing the rules instituted last year that allowed members of Congress to vote remotely because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats in particular are destroying the institution by doing this \u2014 we don\u2019t meet, we don\u2019t debate, we don\u2019t amend,\u201d Roy said Monday in a statement. \u201cBut even a number of my GOP colleagues are now complicit and have given in to the Democrats\u2019 recklessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-an-absolute-embarrassment-texas-congressman-blasts-bureaucratic-house-for-politicizing-a-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excoriated the House of Representatives before<\/a> for its lax attendance, added that voting by proxy is an \u201cunconstitutional attack on a functional Congress\u201d by which \u201cmembers \u2026 avoid their responsibility to meet in D.C. to do their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher echoed Roy in a video he posted Monday on Twitter.\u00a0\u201cProxy voting is destroying Congress,\u201d he said. \u201cThey sign a paper saying, \u2018Due to the pandemic or the health emergency, I am unable to vote in person.\u2019 But we know that they\u2019re then going to other events. We had a bunch of Republicans go to CPAC on Friday. Democrats have been abusing this. The numbers go up on fly-out days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am seriously concerned that proxy voting is now going to become a permanent feature of Congress, meaning that Congress is going to be permanently dysfunctional and fake in many ways,\u201d Gallagher also said. \u201cPeople can pretend they\u2019re actually doing their job while flying all over the country, raising money, and raising their social media profile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proxy voting is destroying Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7VOHc559NQ\">pic.twitter.com\/7VOHc559NQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mike Gallagher (@RepGallagher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGallagher\/status\/1366432421877547017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Voting by proxy has proven controversial since House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) allowed members of his caucus to do so last year out of an abundance of caution. It prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-after-house-republicans-sue-pelosi-over-proxy-voting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unsuccessful litigation<\/a> from some Republicans who claimed it was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans have argued in favor of voting by proxy. Gaetz defended it in a November op-ed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/op-eds\/republicans-are-getting-it-wrong-on-remote-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a>, writing in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Some will say that remote voting will erode the quality of legislative debate. Defending its current quality would be difficult. During virtually every debate, congressional participation is so low that staff members from both parties are told to sit in the camera frame to avoid the chamber looking empty. On virtually no days do lawmakers outnumber unelected staff on the floor of the People\u2019s House during debate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To put it bluntly, after four years in Congress, I\u2019m convinced that time in Washington doesn\u2019t make any of us better. Time at home reminds us of our priorities and our purpose. All humans innately want to please those who are in our proximity. If we spend more time with our constituents, we will be a more representative body. Congress can\u2019t drain the swamp if its members primarily spend time wallowing in the mud with swamp-monsters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And if we cannot drain the swamp, we should at least spend less time in it.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-after-house-republicans-sue-pelosi-over-proxy-voting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge Dismisses Lawsuit After House Republicans Sue Pelosi Over Proxy Voting Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Republican members of Congress called out their colleagues earlier this week for voting by proxy, an act they claim is destructive to the legislative branch. Reps. 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