by jpitney | Jan 4, 2023 | Congress, House of Representatives
After the House chooses a speaker, it will adopt new rules. Emma Dumain at E&E Daily: In the pandemic era, House Democrats allowed committee business to proceed remotely, even allowing witnesses to patch in by video conference to deliver testimony and answer...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
Sam Brodey at The Daily Beast: Since January, 370 members of Congress, roughly 83 percent of the chamber, have cast a remote vote. Combined, those members have voted remotely 23,154 times—greatly surpassing the 17,263 remote votes that were cast in 2021. A sizable...
by jpitney | Mar 31, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The House Rules Committee is to be commended on holding a day-long hearing March 17 on proxy floor voting and remote committee proceedings — two emergency pandemic procedures initiated in the last Congress. All told, 16 House members...
by jpitney | Feb 9, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
Donald Wolfensberger at The Hill: On Jan. 20, the Brookings Institution released an updated study on proxy voting on the floor of the House of Representatives. The report reviewed votes through the first session of this 117th Congress. Coauthored by Emily Larson,...
by jpitney | Jan 11, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
At Axios, Hans Nichols (who attended CMC for his freshman year) reports on proxy voting: Why it matters: Proxy voting was enacted to allow representatives to reduce their risk of contracting the virus, but it has also undercut the convening of the People’s House...
