>>9339500
Another issue on proxy votes is the House did not comply with House Rule XX which was not amended. For an emergency such as contagion to be envoked, they must have concuurance from the attending physician and Sergeant At Arms. Yes the Sergeant At Arms submitted a letter on May 19, but none of the required details in Rule XX 5(c)(4) were included. Plus the report must be updated each legislative day which did not happen May 22 and May 27. So technically, no emergency exists to allow proxy voting for the day.
SSA letter Mat 19 and text of Rule XX 5.(c) included.
Sergeant At Ams Letter submitted May 19, entered in Congressional Digest May 22.
https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/SAAletter-section1ofHouseResolution965.pdf
https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2020/05/22/CREC-2020-05-22-pt1-PgH2273-8.pdf
House Rules – (Rule XX begins page 33)
https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/documents/116-House-Rules-Clerk.pdf
Also govtrack.us covid-19 page tracks the status of Congress members. 55 title self-isolated, most were precautionary. The last time a House member was self-isolating was April 20. There is no health emergency in Congress. https://www.govtrack.us/covid-19