Posted on 05/26/2020 2:31:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Dozens of House Democrats are planning to vote remotely this week for the first time in the chamber's history amid concerns about the health risks involved with traveling to Washington.
At least 50 lawmakers are planning to vote by proxy, or designate a colleague physically present in the Capitol to cast votes on their behalf, according to a list published by the House clerk's office on Tuesday. Last week, just 18 were on the list.
Democrats representing districts in the Washington, D.C. suburbs are the most popular proxies, given their proximity to the Capitol.
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) -- whose commutes from home are now about 15 to 20 minutes by car -- told The Hill they have each received proxy requests from nine colleagues, close to the maximum of 10 that they can accept.
"It's a lot of pressure," Raskin said Tuesday. "Usually I just have to get to the floor to vote for myself. Now I've got to get to the floor to vote for up to 10 people."
The number of lawmakers on the list published by the House clerk's office is likely to grow into Wednesday, when the chamber is expected to vote on legislation to give more flexibility for small businesses using loans from the Paycheck Protection Program.
The House Rules Committee has advised lawmakers to submit their letters designating proxies to the clerk's office at least two hours before the first vote. Members planning to vote by proxy must also provide specific written instructions for each vote.
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Voting while on vacation ?
They had to set up remote bag-man delivery accounts first.
Time for hackers to show them voting straight conservative on every vote.
With ballot harvesting...the plan is complete.
I think Nancy now calls it “vote from home”. It’s the new democrat thing.
Call-in votes should only count as 1/2 of a vote.
Cut their pay by 2 thirds if they can stay home
Sorry. Article I Section 5. Gotta have a quorum to conduct business.
Of course, it won’t matter. Stand by for congressional online voting from their homes.
After that, who could stand against the public voting from their homes?
I despise rats.
This means we can just shut down DC, right?
so a Congress Critter can get elected and then Vanish
Mitch needs to make clear that the Senate will reject any such bill as invalid.
Hey Nacy - how does “vote from home” work for the homeless anyway?
This is frikkin ridiculous, McConnell should announce ALL Legislation from the House where the Members did not Personally vote, will be Shelved!
Voting while on Vacation in Hawaii.
Congress already stands around doing nothing with their hands out waiting for someone to pay them to do something.
Now they can do it and never even show up for work.
Is it possible to hack their “remote-voting” link, and reverse just a few of the otherwise lock-step votes they rubberstamp for the Pelosi agenda?
Nothing obvious, and shifting from one target to another, so nobody detects a pattern of hacking, or if they do, it cannot be traced back.
When Democrats set up some system like this, it almost always is notorious for easy hacking. Look at the number the Russians did on them. And no doubt the Iranians are also pretty proficient.
And think of the field day the Chinese would have.
Democrats representing districts in the Washington, D.C. suburbs are the most popular proxies, given their proximity to the Capitol. Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) -- whose commutes from home are now about 15 to 20 minutes by car -- told The Hill they have each received proxy requests from nine colleagues, close to the maximum of 10 that they can accept.
Here's hoping the stay-at-homes contract COVID-19 and die.
Man I pray some hacks them and flips all their votes to Trump’s favored position. Double win. Don’t like it, show up for work.
Oh darn, they can’t be hacked. Just letting one guy vote for all of them. Lazy SOBs, show up for work.
Mitch needs to make clear that the Senate will reject any such bill as invalid.
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Yes , he should, but he won’t...and another argument on Freep will ensue as there are those who see Turtle as a savior...the only thing Mitch has done is the judges...and likely PDJT strongarmed him to do it.
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