Trying out a 'remote' Congress




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Summary: As the pandemic drags on, House leadership is pushing a rules change to allow members to vote in-person on behalf of members not there. But some say that plan doesn’t go far enough and have pushed to hold votes, hearings and markups through online video platforms. To test the idea, former members of Congress and good-government groups tried mock hearings. For more Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with Marci Harris, the CEO and co-founder of PopVox. But first you’ll hear from the policy director at Demand Progress, Daniel Schuman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices