Majority of House Didn't Vote in Person on $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill
A majority of House members voted by proxy on a government funding bill on Friday, likely the highest number of absences since proxy voting began.
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A majority of House members voted by proxy on a government funding bill on Friday, likely the highest number of absences since proxy voting began.
A point where most of the members of congress could leave before the storm came in. we were talking yesterday how the storm was on one hand, chuck schumer's best friend and worst enemy, because it encouraged the senate to kind of wrap things up, but if it went too long, then everyone would get stuck here and perhaps delay everything. and that wasn't the case. that allowed the house to vote on it today. we should point out that the house is still using proxy voting which means that more than 200 members were not physically present. so that alleviated some of the stress in that regard. and proxy...
Rule of the house, the t senate and the presidency. >> after listening to that is clear he doesn't have the votes yet. >> there is a group of five g.o.p. members aiming to block mccarthy. they say mccarthy's opposition to the omnibus is too little, too late. >> we hear that he has to the senate and has been boisterous and strong about this 4,000 plus page omnibus bill $2 trillion worth of spending last in the several month again, we didn't hear anything from kevin about pushing back against that. >> i recently told him he needs to withdraw from the race for the good of the country and congress...
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