Pelosi still using COVID as an excuse for House members to skip showing up to vote

Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi has prolonged the proxy voting rule on account of COVID-19.
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It appears the pandemic nonetheless rages in a single small nook of the nation — particularly, the ground of the Home of Representatives.

A minimum of, that’s what Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pretending: Final Friday, she once more prolonged her “proxy voting” guidelines (now about 2½ years previous) till Nov. 10, citing “a novel coronavirus” as the rationale.

So any member of the Home can get the appropriate to not present up for work by merely stating, “I'm unable to bodily attend proceedings within the Home Chamber as a result of ongoing public well being emergency.” Speak about “quiet quitting”!

It’s utter nonsense, in fact; the pandemic is over; even President Joe Biden says so. And whereas a couple of aged reps might need purpose for added warning, loads of youthful ones (like New York’s personal Reps. Tom Suozzi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) have filed greater than two dozen “bodily unable” statements.

The easy reality is that too lots of Pelosi’s members (the no-shows are primarily Democrats) simply don’t need to hassle heading to DC to do the nation’s enterprise. Proper now, many would relatively marketing campaign to maintain their jobs. (Tellingly, this extension runs to 2 days after Election Day.) Many of the nation is making an attempt to get again to normalcy, however Pelosi continues to be exploiting COVID to offer her individuals an added perk. Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy vows to finish this outrage if the GOP wins a majority Nov. 8 — purpose in itself to vote Republican.