House bill passed under Pelosi’s proxy voting rules under court review

Published February 25, 2025 8:06pm ET



A court called into question on Tuesday a $1.7 trillion federal omnibus bill passed in 2022 after more than half of the House’s members voted remotely on the bill in accordance with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) proxy voting rules.

A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, comprising two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee, grilled attorneys for the state of Texas and the Justice Department during oral arguments over whether a quorum was present in the House on Dec. 22 of that year.

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