Liberals' Proxy Voting Push Allows '4.5% of Congress ...Decide What Bill Gets Passed,' McCarthy Says

Published: May 20, 2020, 7 a.m.

Democrats passed proxy voting in their fourth coronavirus recovery bill on Friday. "Instead of 435 [people] representing districts across the nation... 20 people control all of Congress," says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, referring to the effect of the Democrats' proxy voting push.\n"Each member can call up to 10 proxies," McCarthy tells The Daily Signal Podcast. "So if the Democrats have 20 people, all holding 10 proxies, they can pass any bill." He adds, "This is about bringing back the voice of the American public. ... Now that voice isn\u2019t even being heard because just 20 people decide what passes and doesn\u2019t."\nWe also cover these stories:\n\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\xa0indicates his support for Sen. Lindsey Graham's call to subpoena Obama administration officials to learn what they knew and didn't know about surveillance of the Trump campaign.\n\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls President Trump "morbidly obese" in response to the news that he is taking hydroxychloroquine.\n\n"I\xa0know the president wants to see those folks that go back to work to get a 7.6% cut in their payroll tax," says top Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow.\xa0\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.