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House Republicans have been vocal and litigious opponents of proxy voting and are also against implementation of remote voting in the chamber.

https://www.rollcall.com/2020/11/12/secure-remote-voting-possible-for-the-house-but-opposition-remains/

They filed a lawsuit to block proxy voting, alleging it is unconstitutional. Democrats maintain that the challenge lacks merit because the Constitution gives the House the power to write its own rules.

In a joint statement Wednesday night, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Administration ranking member Rodney Davis and Rules Committee ranking member Tom Cole said, “Chairperson Lofgren’s letter would pave the way for an expansion of the current proxy voting scheme into a fully remote ‘vote by text’ operation that is unproven, unsecure, and unconstitutional.