‘The founders would be ashamed’: Kevin McCarthy slams new remote Congress rules

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy denounced a looming rules change that would end the 230-year-old requirement that lawmakers vote and conduct legislative business in person at the Capitol.

“The founders would be ashamed of today,” the California Republican told reporters at a press conference in the Capitol Friday.

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