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Pelosi extends proxy voting until 2021

By Susan Ferrechio

Published November 13, 2020 7:28pm ET

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Pelosi extends proxy voting until 2021 — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House lawmakers won’t have to show up in the Capitol until next year.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday extended a rule allowing House members who are not in the Capitol to vote by proxy.

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