Pelosi Extends Controversial Remote Voting Through Christmas

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has again extended the controversial proxy voting system in the U.S. House of Representatives through Christmas, citing an ongoing “public health emergency” from COVID-19.
Under the proxy voting system, approved by a party-line vote in Jan. 2021, lawmakers don’t have to show up in person to Capitol Hill to vote. Instead, they can have colleagues cast their ballots for them.
Pelosi made the announcement that she was extending proxy voting through Christmas in a brief Nov. 10 “Dear Colleague” letter.
Attached to the statement was an announcement from House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker announcing that the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 is still in effect (pdf)….}