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Thursday, December 31, 2020 This May be Worth a Prayer or Two of Your Time: Here's How a Republican Could End up Speaker of the House Instead of Nancy Pelosi; COVID-19 Could Complicate Pelosi's Path to Speaker Next Year, and related stories Here's How a Republican Could End up Speaker of the House Instead of Nancy Pelosi: According to a report, Democrats are panicking, fearful that the COVID-19 pandemic could prevent Nancy Pelosi from being re-elected as House speaker despite Democrats holding a majority in the chamber. Is this really possible? Well, let’s see. While House members can vote...

Is this really possible? Well, let’s see. While House members can vote by proxy due to emergency rules adopted in May to protect members from getting and spreading COVID-19, but, as The Hillreports, “the proxy-voting rule expires with the new Congress, requiring lawmakers to be in the Capitol in person if they want to participate in the Jan. 3 floor vote for Speaker.” New rules governing the 117th Congress happen after the vote for speaker. House Democrats have been taking advantage of this proxy-voting rule in significant numbers. On December 18, nearly 90 Democrats voted by proxy. T...