House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said Congress need to show up to work if they want their vote to be counted

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially ends proxy voting, saying that members of Congress need to show up to work if they want their vote to be counted.

The House GOP officially ended proxy voting with the rules adopted earlier this month.

Notably, this was House only. The Senate did not allow proxy voting during the pandemic.

Proxy voting would increase drastically on "fly out" days at the end of the week, when members are in a rush to get home to their districts, per the Washington Examiner.

By the end of 2021, roughly 70% of the original Republican plaintiffs had voted by proxy, per Brookings Institute.