Despite the lawmakers’ objections, the bill is expected to pass in a bipartisan vote.
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PHOTO: In this image from video, House Chaplain Rev. Patrick J. Conroy gives the opening prayer on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 23, 2020.
As lawmakers returned to the Capitol, Republicans argued it’s time for Congress to get back to work as normal. Both chambers are scheduled to return May 4.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy called on Pelosi to work on a plan to safely and effectively reopen Congress.
“With the House now in its fourth week of regular session being suspended, I am writing to request that we work to establish a clear, safe, and effective plan for reopening Congress,” McCarthy said in a letter addressed to Pelosi.
“In my view, conducting the business of the People’s House is the definition of “essential work”—just as many of our friends and neighbors continue working to hold up our communities on a daily basis. Unfortunately, members have yet to be given specific guidance as to how Congress will fulfill its core duties—from deliberation to oversight to legislation—over the coming days and weeks,” he wrote.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also indicated on Tuesday – after the Senate unanimously cleared the legislative measure – that he wants the the entire Senate to return sooner rather than later.
“What we're going to do is call the Senate back and have full membership here, and I'm sure the House will want to do the same thing before we consider yet another rescue package,” McConnell said during a press conference.
Pelosi and House Democrats backed off a plan Wednesday to vote on a resolution that would have temporarily changed the House rules to allow for proxy voting during the coronavirus crisis.
Several Republicans had pushed back against the idea, citing constitutional concerns. Republican leadership was actively whipping against the vote in a notice sent late Tuesday evening.
Democrats had long been looking at the issue of remote voting, and Pelosi threw her support behind the idea of proxy voting only recently.
Pelosi announced on a leadership call this morning that, following a conversation with McCarthy, she and McCarthy are tasking a bipartisan group of House lawmakers to review remote voting by proxy and reopening the House, according to a House Democratic leadership aide.
The House will instead consider a resolution on Thursday to create a select watchdog committee that will have oversight over the $2 trillion stimulus package Congress passed last month. The committee will be chaired by Democratic Whip Rep. James Clyburn. Republicans have said the committee is redundant and don’t intend to support it on the floor Thursday.
ABC News' Libby Cathey contributed to this report.
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