McCarthy asks Supreme Court to overturn House proxy voting rules

• "Today, we are asking the Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution by overturning Speaker Pelosi’s perpetual proxy voting power grab," McCarthy said. "Although the Constitution allows Congress to write its own rules, those rules cannot violate the Constitution itself, including the requirement to actually assemble in person."
• The House adopted the proxy voting protocols in May 2020 in a 217-189 vote along party lines.

What he's saying: "Its continuation is an insult to hard working taxpayers who are back at work safely while members of Congress get a pass to skip work but still get paid," McCarthy said of the voting rules.

• "Some members have barely voted in person for more than a year."

Between the lines: House members from both parties have taken advantage of the ability to cast votes remotely, and not always because of COVID, Axios' Stef Kight reports.

Go deeper: By the numbers: Proxy voting in House