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Washington mdash; The Democratic chairman of the House Rules Committee is advocating for temporary remote voting in the House, which would allow members to vote by proxy if they can t return to Washington amid the coronavirus pandemic. Today, after much consultation with experts and fellow Members, I recommended a path forward to my colleagues that will allow Congress to do its job in an orderly and safe manner during this pandemic: temporary, low-tech remote voting, Chairman Jim McGovern said in a statement on Thursday. Under this plan, any Member unable to travel to Washington due to the pandemic could provide specific instructions for each vote to a fellow Member who has been authorized to cast those votes on their behalf, McGovern continued. McGovern said that a member casting a vote on behalf of a colleague would n stanley cup eed exact direction on how to vote, stanley cup and would need to vote accordingly. This system would enable members to vote remotely in a secure way, without using the kind of technology that is susceptible to hacking or interference by foreign bad actors, McGovern said. McGovern s recommendation would require a change to the House rules, which could be passed by unanimous consent in a pro forma session of the House, meaning that not all members would need to be present. If some members disagree with the rule change, however, it would require a quorum of lawmakers to return to Washington to vote.The stanley cups uk chairman emphasized t Cvec Obama picks Indiana for NCAA men s title
The Democratic presidential candidates shift focus to minority issues Sunday in the final campaign debate before Iowa opens the nominating season with the Jan. 19 caucuses, considered too close to call.Eight of the nine Democrats have agreed to participate, with only retired Gen. Wesley Clark stayi stanley trinkflaschen ng on the sidelines. Clark is not competing in Iowa.Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, former Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton have agreed to attend the two-hour debate, where the format will allow for more and vibrant exchanges amo caneca stanley ng the contenders. The Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum mdash; broadcast by MSNBC and hosted by the network s Lester Holt and Maria Celeste Arraras, of the Spanish-language network Telemundo mdash; is sponsored by black and Hispani stanley canada c groups to get the candidates views on minority issues before voters make their decisions next week. Jan. 19, caucus day, also is the federal holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.With endorsements last week from former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley and Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, Dean heads into the debate with momentum, but under continued fire from rivals, some of whom took their cases against him to the Sunday television talk shows. Dean, who attended Sunday services at a Baptist church
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