{"id":2406750,"date":"2025-02-25T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-proxy-voting-rules-under-court-review-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T21:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:20:48","slug":"pelosis-proxy-voting-rules-under-court-review-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-proxy-voting-rules-under-court-review-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi&#8217;s proxy voting rules under court review &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpelosis-proxy-voting-rules-under-court-review-washington-examiner%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=2406750&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/be-a-real-ho-child-protective-services-employee-fired-after-telling-hungry-teenage-girl-to-prostitute-herself\/\" title=\"\u2018Be A Real Ho\u2019: Child Protective Services Employee Fired After Telling Hungry Teenage Girl To Prostitute Herself\">recent court hearing<\/a> has raised questions about the \u200blegality of \u200ba $1.7 trillion omnibus federal bill passed by the House in\u200b 2022 under then-Speaker\u2062 Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s \u2063proxy voting rules. The\u200b 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is\u200b reviewing whether \u200ba \u200bquorum was \u200bpresent when\u2064 the House voted, as more than half \u2063of the members participated remotely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas\u200d has challenged the bill,\u200c claiming it \u200bunconstitutionally forced the state to expand accommodations related to the Pregnant Workers Fairness \u2062Act, arguing there\u200c was no proper quorum at the \u2064time\u200b of voting. While the Department of Justice defends the bill&#8217;s legitimacy, critics highlight that proxy \u200bvoting may set \u200ba precedent for legislative processes. The discussion also\u200b reflects on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previous \u200ccontroversies surrounding proxy\u2063 voting<\/a> and its potential\u2062 implications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-speaker-vote-livestream-mike-johnson-seeks-to-secure-gavel-in-fourth-ballot-vote\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson aims to win ... speaker position in fourth ballot vote, livestreamed.\">future legislative actions<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House bill passed under Pelosi&rsquo;s proxy voting rules under court review<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2020429\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A court called into question on Tuesday a $1.7 trillion federal omnibus bill passed in 2022 after more than half of the House&rsquo;s members voted remotely on the bill in accordance with then-Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>&rsquo;s (D-CA) proxy voting rules.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, comprising two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee, grilled attorneys for the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Texas\">Texas<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Justice Department\">Justice Department<\/a> during oral arguments over whether a quorum was present in the House on Dec. 22 of that year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just wondering, if 218 members can say, &lsquo;Madam Speaker, you&rsquo;ve got my proxy to be present, so anytime you want to convene the House you&rsquo;ve got a quorum.&rsquo; Can that work?&rdquo; one judge asked.<\/p>\n<p>The case was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3125293\/mitch-mcconnell-defends-houses-proxy-voting-practice-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">brought<\/a> by Texas against the Department of Justice during the Biden administration. Texas argued that a law authorized by the omnibus bill called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act unconstitutionally subjected Texas to expanding accommodations for women seeking abortions because a quorum was not present when the House voted on the omnibus bill. Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ is continuing to fight the case, arguing the House legitimately passed the omnibus bill.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ attorney Courtney Dixon argued that a lower court&rsquo;s ruling last year that a constitutionally required quorum was not present for the bill was a &ldquo;remarkable intrusion&rdquo; by the judicial branch into legislative affairs. Dixon said a quorum was present in any case.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no &ldquo;physical presence requirement&rdquo; in the Constitution, Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Jacob Beach, appearing on behalf of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton&rsquo;s office, argued that there had been &ldquo;235 years of consistent practice&rdquo; of in-person quorums and that Pelosi&rsquo;s novel and extraordinarily liberal allowance of proxy voting, ostensibly because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was the first breach of that precedent.<\/p>\n<p>If the 5th Circuit upholds a lower court&rsquo;s ruling that the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act is invalid because of a lack of quorum in the House, the appellate judges observed that it could open the door for other parts of the behemoth 2022 appropriations bill to face challenges. One judge asked Beach how to overcome this concern.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What&rsquo;s the authority that [Texas] can sever out and attack injunctively just the portion Texas doesn&rsquo;t like but still keep the rest when the premise of the whole argument is the entire bill was not passed constitutionally?&rdquo; the judge asked.<\/p>\n<p>Proxy voting became a source of controversy in 2022 as House lawmakers routinely skipped out on showing up to work in Washington and voting in person. In a form they were required to fill out each time they voted remotely, they would ostensibly cite the &ldquo;ongoing health emergency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, called the final omnibus vote, in which 226 members voted remotely, a &ldquo;stain&rdquo; on Congress and ended proxy voting when he took over the speaker&rsquo;s gavel.<\/p>\n<p>While lawmakers from both parties openly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/12\/23\/pelosis-swan-song-majority-of-congress-votes-remotely-by-proxy-for-1-7-trillion-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abused<\/a>&nbsp;proxy voting, a study at the time found Democrats used it far more. Republicans have since shown heavy support for in-person work, which coincides with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s stated goal of returning government workers to their offices.<\/p>\n<p>The oral arguments on Tuesday also came after an incident with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3317575\/house-proxy-voting-debate-reignites-byron-donalds-accused-voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reignited debate\">reignited debate<\/a> over proxy voting this month. A lawmaker allowing a colleague to vote on his or her behalf is an ethics violation. Donalds was caught filming a <em>Real Time with Bill Maher <\/em>episode in California while simultaneously casting two votes in the lower chamber, where Republicans hold a wafer-thin majority.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3317575\/house-proxy-voting-debate-reignites-byron-donalds-accused-voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HOUSE PROXY VOTING DEBATE REIGNITES AFTER BYRON DONALDS ACCUSED OF VOTER FRAUD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donalds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3317575\/house-proxy-voting-debate-reignites-byron-donalds-accused-voter-fraud\/\">deflected<\/a> when questioned about the incident, but Democrats brought attention to it on the House floor, noting that Donalds was among the Republicans who ardently opposed the proxy voting permitted by Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>A small bipartisan House group is also advocating a narrow use of proxy voting, urging passage of a bill to permit the practice for new parents or women with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-utah-law-requires-biological-dads-to-pay-pregnancy-support\/\" title=\"New Utah Law Requires Biological Dads To Pay Pregnancy Support\">pregnancy-related medical<\/a> needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2020429\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2020429\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court reviews $1.7T bill passed via Pelosi&#8217;s proxy voting rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2406751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy_Pelosi_771.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51106,4762,3928,38422,32076],"class_list":["post-2406750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-court-review","tag-legislation","tag-pelosi","tag-proxy-voting","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Nancy_Pelosi_771.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406750","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406759,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406750\/revisions\/2406759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}