Posted on 04/23/2020 3:00:40 AM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders backed away on Wednesday from a plan to change the rules of the House to allow lawmakers to cast votes remotely for the first time in history, after Republicans who are clamoring to reopen Congress registered their sharp opposition.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats on a conference call that the House would no longer vote on Thursday as planned on a proposal to allow members to designate another lawmaker to cast votes for them by proxy, according to two officials familiar with the announcement. Instead, she said she and Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, would have a bipartisan group of lawmakers consider remote voting proposals and plans to reopen the House.
The turnabout on Wednesday, a day after the vote was announced, underscores how bitterly partisan the debate over remote voting has become as Republican lawmakers increasingly push to have Congress return to its usual routine in Washington. The fight mirrors those raging across the nation as governors struggle to balance the economic pain and disruption of shuttering their states with public health guidelines to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, and as small but angry protests reflect a fierce strain of conservative disaffection with the restrictions.
President Trump has stoked that anger, tweeting his support for protests of state-issued stay-at-home orders.
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It’s their great White Whale. This is how they steal it.
Look for Virus 2.0 in mid-September.
Every wild idea this toad comes up with is intended to increase her power.
NOTHING she does is ever intended to benefit the American people.
Did she ever read her job description?
It’s a travesty that woman still consumes oxygen.
Amen.
If you allow that, then when they want to hold the election that way for fraud purposes, if you object, they’ll say “Oh, so you care more about your own safety than the American public!”
You cant tell me they are not working for the CCP
Nan dont want to vote in person, nan dont want to vote remotely
nan want to vote by mail!
problem solved, and I dont rite for NYTIMES
I’m glad the republicans pushed back. I’m still pissed the threw out the 214 year law about headgear. Pissed me off!!!!
A microcosm of the Vote by Mail scheme for November.
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