Republican lawmakers who oppose a new rule permitting proxy voting accused a Democrat of skipping out on the House to attend a rocket launch.

Rep. Charlie Crist was among more than 70 Democrats absent from the House this week who assigned another lawmaker to vote for them by proxy.

Recommended Stories

Pelosi: House vote on new spending and proxy voting ‘hopefully’ next week

McCarthy rejects conservative plot to oust Pelosi and moves to force vote on COVID-19 aid

The pandemic is over, but House lawmakers extend special rules allowing remote voting