A Democratic House member, Rep. Kai Kahele of Hawaii, is helping Republicans make their case against proxy voting.
As the long-distance voting practice approaches its second anniversary, Republicans have fresh ammunition in their long-standing arguments against it. That came in the form of a recent report Kahele has not voted in person since January — and that he has spent little, if any, time in Washington since as he weighs a bid for governor of the Aloha State.
Originally intended as a COVID-19 pandemic mitigation effort in May 2020, the House of Representatives adopted proxy voting for the first time in its history in an effort to protect its members from large gatherings in a confined space. The protocol established a temporary method for a member to cast a vote for another member. The Senate adopted no such measure, and it continues to require senators to cast their votes in person.
Some lawmakers used the provision to attend fundraisers rather than attend votes. Others used the provision in circumstances other employers would have granted family or medical leave — for example, Rep. Colin Allred voted by proxy for a sort of paternity leave after he and his wife welcomed a new child. Rep. Dan Crenshaw voted by proxy while he recovered from an emergency eye surgery. And GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik voted by proxy after giving birth herself.
One critic of the practice is Rep. Chip Roy. The Texas Republican told the Washington Examiner in an interview that he views the practice as unconstitutional. Roy said that with limited exceptions in cases in which members tested positive for COVID-19 or were legitimately exposed to the coronavirus, some members have been “lying” when citing the public health emergency in their requests to vote by proxy.
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