Pelosi’s House — skip work, get paid. Meet the top 15 proxy voting members in ’21. #FirePelosi pic.twitter.com/sZCl0WLGzm
— Kevin McCarthy (@kevinomccarthy) February 3, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) announced last week that she will extend until March 30 the proxy-voting system in place for COVID-cautious lawmakers to avoid travel during the pandemic. Records show, however, the system's most frequent users have traveled regularly for their reelection campaigns.
The proxy-voting system has been used almost exclusively by Democrats, who have accumulated 12,500 proxy votes citing the "unprecedented nature of the coronavirus pandemic." But the pandemic hasn't stopped them from racking up luxury travel expenses as they criss-cross the country for their campaigns, a review of campaign finance disclosures reveals.
Chief among those who took advantage of the system is Pelosi's fellow California Democrat, Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell proxy voted 141 times last year, according to a comprehensive Ripon Society study. During the same time, he amassed $45,000 in travel expenses at ritzy hotels, including a stay at the Fairmont San Francisco, where billionaire Ivy Getty got ready for her star-studded wedding, Las Vegas's lavish Cosmopolitan, and Manhattan's five-star Conrad Hotel. Swalwell also dropped almost $50,000 on flights.
read more here: https://freebeacon.com/democrats/proxy-voting-house-dems-traveled-to-luxury-destinations-instead-of-showing-up-for-work/
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