About a dozen Republican members of the House of Representatives used new rules to vote remotely against the new COVID-19 relief package. Reps. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Greg Steube (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) filed documents with the chamber’s clerk to vote remotely, and used proxies to lodge their dissent to the $1.9 trillion bill on Saturday. The lawmakers cited House Resolution 8 in writing to clerk Cheryl Johnson. “I am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency, and I hereby grant the authority to cast my vote by proxy to the Honorable Patrick McHenry (North Carolina) who has agreed to serve as my proxy,” Cawthorn wrote in his letter. Every Republican who …
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