Sickness, surgeries, funerals and other events calling House members away from D.C. will have higher stakes than ever with historically tight margins and no more proxy voting.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy earlier in January. Photo: Shuran Huang/Bloomberg via Getty Images
House Republicans hope a strict, new voting schedule will help juice their slim majority — as only a handful of missed votes could change the game.Rep. Ken Buck flew back to D.C.
The aide said Republicans "will stick to a strict floor schedule and not leave vote times open for hours like Democrats did, which will require timely attendance."Several top House Republicans, in statements to Axios, acknowledged attendance will be a challenge but defended ending proxy voting.
Majority Whip Tom Emmer said it "may come as a shock to the DC bubble that we expect members to show up to work" given that "proxy voting and poor attendance were the status quo during the Democrat majority.
At least a half dozen other House members have expressed interest in, or are reportedly weighing, bids for Senate and governor.Republicans currently hold their second-narrowest House majority since at least the early 1960s — beat only by the 107th Congress where the majority held just 220 seats,
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