Liberals' Proxy Voting Push Allows '4.5% of Congress ...Decide What Bill Gets Passed,' McCarthy Says

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Democrats passed proxy voting in their fourth coronavirus recovery bill on Friday. "Instead of 435 [people] representing districts across the nation... 20 people control all of Congress," says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, referring to the effect of the Democrats' proxy voting push. "Each member can call up to 10 proxies," McCarthy tells The Daily Signal Podcast. "So if the Democrats have 20 people, all holding 10 proxies, they can pass any bill." He adds, "This is about bringing back the voice of the American public. ... Now that voice isn’t even being heard because just 20 people decide what passes and doesn’t." We also cover these stories: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicates his support for Sen. Lindsey Graham's call to subpoena Obama administration officials to learn what they knew and didn't know about surveillance of the Trump campaign. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls President Trump "morbidly obese" in response to the news that he is taking hydroxychloroquine. "I know the president wants to see those folks that go back to work to get a 7.6% cut in their payroll tax," says top Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, May 20th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:09.7	And I'm Rachel Del Judis. Democrats passed proxy voting in their fourth coronavirus recovery bill on Friday.
0:16.9	What is proxy voting? How does it take power away from the American people and give it over to a select few legislators who cast votes on
0:25.2	behalf of their colleagues.
0:27.3	House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joins me on the Daily Signal Podcast to unpack what all this means.
0:33.0	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:38.1	rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:41.7	Now, under our top news.
0:43.0	Senate Republicans are actively seeking the truth regarding the involvement of
0:55.1	Obama-era officials in the investigation of the Trump campaign's dealings
0:59.4	with Russia. Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said on Monday that on June 4th
1:06.0	he will ask the Senate to vote on a broad subpoena that would allow the committee
1:10.7	to demand documentation and seek testimony from a number of
1:14.9	Obama air officials who were involved in the launch of the investigation
1:19.2	regarding the Trump campaign and Russian collusion.
1:23.0	Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday in support of the
1:27.8	subpoena via the hill.
1:29.8	Just yesterday, Chairman Graham announced the Judiciary Committee will vote on a serious
1:34.8	new set of subpoenas so the Senate can hear directly from key players like James Call me, Andrew
1:41.2	McCabe, Loretta Lynch, and many others to continue getting to the bottom of this.
1:48.5	So let me say that again.
1:49.9	Senate Republicans are taking steps to issue new subpoenas to a wide variety of Obama administration
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