Political and Legislative
House Members Consider the Advantages of Continuing Proxy Voting
As mask mandates at the Capitol dissolve and officials prepare to reopen the building to the public after two years of pandemic, House members are debating whether it’s worth keeping proxy voting in some form.
Employers around the country are starting to call staffers back to offices or put limits on remote work, and lawmakers are now weighing how much flexibility they should keep for their own workplace.
Proxy voting is currently authorized through the end of this month, but it has repeatedly been extended since House Democrats first enacted it in May 2020 so that any member who was sick or quarantining could still cast votes on behalf of their constituents.
