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GOP Congressmen Call Out Colleagues For Voting By Proxy, Claim It Could Render Congress ‘Permanently Dysfunctional’

Jon Brown
GOP Congressmen Call Out Colleagues For Voting By Proxy, Claim It Could Render Congress ‘Permanently Dysfunctional’
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Two Republican members of Congress called out their colleagues earlier this week for voting by proxy, an act they claim is destructive to the legislative branch.

Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) especially criticized the GOP representatives who used vote-by-proxy rules to avoid voting in person on the stimulus bill last week, according to the Washington Examiner.

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