🚨🇺🇸 Democrats in Congress Reject New Parent Proxy Voting Compromise
The controversy has drawn frequent comparisons to the proxy voting rules permitted under former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until Republicans regained the majority in 2023.
At the time, Republicans were insistent that the Constitution required in person voting, and many felt that to change that stance on this issue would be hypocritical.
The controversy has drawn frequent comparisons to the proxy voting rules permitted under former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until Republicans regained the majority in 2023.
At the time, Republicans were insistent that the Constitution required in person voting, and many felt that to change that stance on this issue would be hypocritical.