House GOP’s Bill Would Cut Office Budget for Members Voting by Proxy

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) argues for an amendment to House Resolution 660 during a full House Rules Committee markup of the resolution at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 30, 2019. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

House Republicans have been opposed to voting by proxy. Legislation has now been introduced by two House Republicans to reduce lawmakers’ annual office budgets if they do not travel to Washington, D.C., but instead vote by proxy.

Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), and member of the House Rules Committee, Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), on June 18 introduced the Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act.