NEW: More than 20 Republicans will sue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other officials in federal court to block proxy voting, arguing it is unconstitutional, according to two GOP leadership sources and an attorney on the case.
Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., cleans his desk during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing earlier this month.Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., cleans his desk during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing earlier this month.
In a statement Tuesday evening, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy called the proxy voting decision"reckless and partisan," and said that GOP members had to respond. Pelosi said in her own statement that the House's position on remote voting by proxy during a pandemic"is fully consistent with the Constitution is supported by expert legal analyses. Further, the Supreme Court made clear over a century ago that the Constitution empowers each chamber of Congress to set its own procedural rules."
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