Democrats Eye Restoring Proxy Voting in the House

“House Democrats are moving toward allowing members to vote on the floor by proxy again after Republicans ended the Covid-era practice in 2023 — but the free-for-all rules that resulted in scores of members routinely voting remotely are unlikely to return,” Politico reports.

“Instead, members are coalescing around narrower proposals that would allow only new parents or those undergoing medical treatment to have colleagues cast their votes.”