House Allows Remote Voting During Pandemic

“The House on Friday approved the most radical change to its rules in generations, allowing its members to cast committee and floor votes from afar — the culmination of a months-long struggle to adapt the 231-year-old institution to the coronavirus pandemic,” the Washington Post reports.

“Despite bipartisan frustrations with the virus’s effect on the legislative process, the changes, which include temporarily authorizing remote committee work and proxy voting on the House floor, were adopted largely along party lines. The vote was 217 to 189.”

Roll Call: “The significant, yet temporary, change to operations was not enacted during any other national crisis in history.”