As mask mandates at the Capitol dissolve and officials prepare to reopen the building to the public after two years of pandemic, House members are debating whether it’s worth keeping proxy voting in some form.
The House on Thursday voted to pass a short-term spending bill to fund the government through mid-February, as lawmakers work quickly to avert a shutdown on Friday.
House Republican leaders have advised members to vote “no” on a coming vote to refer former Trump White House strategist Stephen Bannon to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution after he defied a subpoena from the comm
“I do think that we need to get rid of proxy voting,” Davis said, questioning the need for it when the Senate hasn’t implemented a similar system.
While walking toward the Rotunda that divides the House and Senate wings of the Capitol, Davis joked, “We re almost at the imaginary force field where COVID changes and the reaction to it changes when we go to the Senate side.
McCarthy this week called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi
He cited a statistic from the Capitol attending physician’s office that said about 75 percent of House members are now fully vaccinated or will be in a matter of days.