{"id":383668,"date":"2021-12-20T05:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T02:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-allows-proxy-voting-democrat-lead\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T05:33:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T02:33:08","slug":"house-allows-proxy-voting-democrat-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-allows-proxy-voting-democrat-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"#House allows proxy voting, Democrat lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#House allows proxy voting, Democrat lead<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the name of COVID safety, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has OK\u2019d \u201cproxy voting\u201d \u2014 which in fact has made it easier to win votes despite her razor-thin majority. <\/p>\n<p>It lets Democrats (and a smaller number of Republicans) skip out out on actually showing up for work, but still registers as voting on the nation\u2019s business. <\/p>\n<p>As <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/riponsociety.org\/article\/the-absentee-congress\/?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&amp;utm_campaign=ICYMI%3a_%22The_Absentee_Congress%3a_Unchecked_Proxy_Voting_in_the_House_of_Representatives%22_--_by_Stephen&amp;utm_medium=email\">Stephen Jackson &amp; Kyle Chance report for The Ripon Society<\/a>, the \u201cmost jarring outcome of perpetual proxy voting\u201d is that some House members have \u201ctaken to practically never coming back to Washington \u2014 sometimes not showing up for months on end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida Democrats Al Lawson and Frederica Wilson haven\u2019t voted in-person since Jan. 11; Chicago\u2019s Rep. Bobby Rush, since Jan. 13. That\u2019s nearly the whole year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/AP21300490941272.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sunlight shines on the U.S. Senate wing of the Capitol building on Capitol Hill.\" class=\"wp-image-20549399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/AP21300490941272.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/AP21300490941272.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/AP21300490941272.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/AP21300490941272.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Some Democrats have not showed up to vote in person in months. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP \/ Patrick Semansky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some exploit Pelosi\u2019s rule to attend public events back home, whether it\u2019s Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) at a ribbon-cutting or Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) doing photo-ops. <\/p>\n<p>Jackson &amp; Chance looked at 375 floor votes and found an average of 28.2 Democratis voting by proxy vs. 9.7. A third of the time, Dems\u2019 proxy \u201cadvantage\u201d made the difference in whether the measure passed. <\/p>\n<p>What a way to run a Republic.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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