House Republicans will sue Democrats to block a plan to permit proxy voting on the House floor, aides to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday.

“Giving your vote as a member of Congress to another person is just simply not allowed and not envisioned in the Constitution,” House GOP leadership aides said Tuesday.

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