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McConnell and Pelosi have one immediate job—making sure Congress functions, can work from home

McConnell and Pelosi have one immediate job—making sure Congress functions, can work from home
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US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) alongside US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (C) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (L) attend a ceremony honoring first responders with the US Capitol Police Medal of Honor for their actions during the shooting against members of the Republican Congressional baseball team in June, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 9, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Politico Playbook is reporting that as of Thursday morning, House Democratic leadership “has ruled out the use of mobile voting—they’d need to pass a bill to allow it.” According to resident congressional procedure expert David Waldman, aka KagroX, they could pass that bill by unanimous consent, something that would probably not be that hard to do given how many members are now in quarantine for exposure to colleagues and others who have tested positive for the coronavirus. They’ll probably be happy not to have to return to the petri dish to get their jobs done.

There’s a push in the Senate from the bipartisan team of Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and GOP Ohio Sen. Rob Portman to allow remote voting for the Senate. In the press release announcing the resolution, they say that they need to be ready should the Centers for Disease Control advise against the Senate meeting in person, writing “that should not prevent Congress from safely engaging in its constitutional responsibility to convene during a crisis, conduct its basic constitutional duties, and enact responsible legislation for the nation.”

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