This should have already happened. Like a decade ago. There is no need to physically be in DC. It is only custom and habit. DC is a terrible echo chamber that isolates our federal officials from their primary responsibilities. Representing their states constituents. Get your butts back home.

If gatherings larger than 10 people are currently not allowed in DC, and the nation’s business needs to be managed during this crisis there is no other option but remote, especially since many lawmakers are older and more than likely have underlying health conditions. It also has the benefit of keeping lawmakers in touch with constituents during rapidly changing state & local covid-19 conditions and regulations.

Just do it.

Best way to ensure safe yet continuous goverment

Be safe and lead by example.

Allow remote voting! Democracy matters!

I said something similar before but this is the 21st century and we have the resources to do this safely and effectively. I heard some republican representatives arguing that the American people deserve more than proxies when it comes to matters of legislation, which made me laugh because representatives are literally proxies for the American people. This doesn’t change the fact that we are sending people to represent us for these discussions, it just allows those discussions to take place on a different platform that makes more sense during a global pandemic.

This is a great way to continue to work for the country and not put any of the members at risk. Course all the work the House has done is not being looked at or voted on at all in the senate because Moscow Mitch is still stuffing the courts with unqualified ignorant judges rather than doing his real job.

The House and the Senate should change permanently to the realities of the twenty-first century. I remember when John McCain traveled all the way from Arizona to Washington to cast his thumbs-down deciding vote. He should've been allowed to do that remotely.

Yes, this needs to happen. Should have happened years ago. We are no longer in the 18th century although some legislators wish we were.

Yes, this ruling to work remotely should have been one of the very first things Congress did to address the pandemic! It’s May 15! Chop chop!

About time. We all need to remember that when these anti lockdown protests finally go to far and people die. Wether from the spread of the virus or a dumb ass with a gun. trump had a chance to be a leader, calm the situation and bring us together as a country. He chose not to and invited what is and what will happen. If you disagree then please go enjoy your disinfectant cleanse and get back to me. Nebraska has stopped reporting confirmed cases in our meat packing plants. Here in Florida the medical examiners were releasing coronavirus death data to the public. As they have in every health emergency since 1992 but the state has just made them stop. FL did not meet trumps own guidelines for reopening but here we are. More than a dozen times trump and his administration was warned about the threat of covid throughout January and February. Warned of the death toll, warned of the economic fall out and warned about China lying about the virus. All while trump himself praised China’s job dealing with the virus, said our economy was fine and told us not to worry he had it under control. trump couldn’t be bothered to use the Defense Production Act to prepare for this crisis but he will use it now to force workers back to the factories that had unsafe working conditions in order to handle and process our food. “Why did Maryland have to go to South Korea to get 500,000 tests”. The chances of a second wave are real likely especially since we still can’t test and trace cases like we need to in order to even try to get back to normal. States opening in spite of not meeting the recommended guidelines won’t help any either and then we still have to deal with all this: Vaccine expert Rick Bright is filing a whistleblower complaint, his attorneys said Thursday. Bright said he was ousted as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority because he resisted efforts to join President Trump in pushing hydroxychloroquine as a potential covid-19 cure. A preliminary study, which has not been peer reviewed, was posted that indicated hydroxychloroquine had no benefit in patients and was associated with higher rates of death. Nancy Messonnier, the CDC’s director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, was removed from her post as her agency’s coronavirus response chief after saying publicly on Feb. 25 that Americans should begin preparing for “significant disruption” to their daily lives from this “severe illness.” trumps good old go to distractions: blaming immigrants for our woes and threatening war. All to distract from his epic failure of a response to the pandemic. WHO gave the U.S. real time live updates on the spread of covid right from the start of the outbreak. We have employees of the CDC that do a rotation with WHO. trump continues to repeat claims that their are beds, ventilators and tests for anyone who wants or needs them. That is not true, state after state still have not been able to get enough supplies having to compete against other states and sometimes being out bid by the federal government. trump stopped federal testing after making a bad deal and once again has left the country to fend for themselves. What the fuck did we elect the guy who said he alone can fix it for. But hey we do have the highest death toll now in the world, so winning I guess. Didn’t take long for trump to remove the inspector general who was to oversee the $2 trillion stimulus spending. trumps son in-law announced in a press conference that the national stock pile of emergency equipment and supplies is not meant for the states but for them. Within a day the official government webpage for the Strategic National Stockpile was changed to match his language. trump bragged about his press conference ratings and blamed nurses and doctors for steeling masks during a covid-19 public update. So with tests not working, not getting to the right places and no respirators. Don’t worry his ratings are great. trump’s administration has been withholding a Threat Assessment Report from Congress since Feb. 12 that warns the U.S. is unprepared for a pandemic. Against all advice trump continues to claim we will be back to normal soon and apparently now we are sacrificing our grandparents for the sake of the stock market. Here in the U.S. trump tells states to fend for themselves when it comes to medical supplies at the same time he writes a letter to North Korea offering them help. WTF U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely coronavirus pandemic. In briefing notes trump crosses out corona and writes in Chines virus. He’s making this an us vs them (racist) issue. trump claimed Democrats were using the virus as “their new hoax,” downplayed the danger, repeatedly contradicted public health experts and spread falsehoods, such as saying the virus will go away when it gets warmer. Two weeks ago, Trump said the virus was “very much under control” and that the number of people infected was “going very substantially down, not up.” Soon, he declared on Feb. 26, the total number of cases will be “close to zero.” Stock market at a 12 year low and layoffs due to the Corona virus are just starting. Officials say the response by the White House to the Corona virus has been complete chaos. If you think Pence knows what he’s doing when it comes to the Corona virus take a look at how he handled the HIV outbreak in his state. The White House got rid of its top official leading the government response to a global pandemic and essentially folded up his office. This means no senior administration official is now focused solely on global health security. This year the White House proposed a budget that cuts money from the very health agencies that will be dealing with the coronavirus. The U.S. Justice Department moved Monday to drop its two-year-long prosecution of a Russian company charged with orchestrating a social media campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The stunning reversal came weeks before the case was to go to trial. Judge cites Barr’s ‘misleading’ statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions. Iran has almost tripled their stock pile of low-enriched uranium and have blocked access to possible nuclear related sites all since trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Why did the state department hold up the visa of a renowned German professor who was scheduled to teach a class on the rise of far right extremism. A senior intelligence official has warned law makers Russia wants and will likely help trump win re-election. We only know this because trump demoted him for it. Now that trump can do what ever, check out the list of criminal friends he has been pardoning or releasing early from prison. Like former Illinois governor who was found guilty of pay to play politics and former New York police commissioner who was being charged with tax fraud. As well as the former owner of the 49ers who’s state he wants to win this year. Federal judges have called an emergency meeting after Roger Stone case intervention. More than a thousand ex-justice department officials have called for Barr’s resignation and have called for staff attorneys to resist interference. trump has again interfered in a criminal case having Barr reduce the sentence of trumps co-conspirator Roger Stone, who was found guilty of lying to Congress and witness tampering. trump is running out of friends who aren’t in jail, being prosecuted or pleading guilty. $650 a night at Mara Lago and $17,000 a month at Bedminster is what the tax payers are being charged by trump for the secret service to stay at his resorts. We now live in trumps world where you are punished for speaking out against what is wrong, trump has removed Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his brother, as well as Gordon Sondland. 75% of Americans think there should have been witnesses and FOXs own poll shows half of Americans think he should be convicted and removed. 24 emails show trumps thoughts on withholding Ukraine aid and the Justice Department is refusing to release them unredacted. A congressional budget office says our deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year in part because of trumps 2017 tax cuts and increased government spending. trump told Bolton to withhold Ukrainian aid until they announced an investigation against his political rival. trump has rolled back parts of the Clean Water Act that would directly benefit real estate developers. Shit water for us, big buildings for him. trump has made it easier for our kids to eat junk foods at school instead of healthy alternatives because he is petty and does not care at all when it comes to our children. Marie Yovanovitch a U.S. ambassador was followed, threatened and then fired all at the direction of or directly by our president in exchange for dirt on a political rival from a Ukrainian prosecutor who didn’t like her because of her support for anti corruption groups. Russian spies hacked into Ukrainian gas company behind trumps conspiracies, again entangling Moscow in our politics. trump is trying to divert another $7.2 billion in pentagon funds for a wall that no one wants and wouldn’t work. Accused Obama of being week, pathetic and a bad negotiator so he was going to start a war with Iran in order to win re election. So much for bringing the troops home. 90 minutes after phone call with Ukraine president aid was withheld. Christianity Today now says trump should be removed from office. White House officials feared Putin influenced trumps views on Ukraine. trump, “I new it was Ukraine because Putin told me.” trumps inspector general report says FBI had authorized purpose to investigate trump campaign Russian ties. Three constitutional scholars have stated trump has committed, what is clearly spelled out in the Constitution of the United States, impeachable offenses. Attorney General Barr’s handpicked prosecutor says there is no evidence that supports Russia investigation was a setup or hoax. Why was bipartisan approved military aid to Lebanon held up for months by White House.(Jared Kushner has a lot of ties to that part of the world) Giuliani in talks to be paid by Ukraine official, while they were working together to attack trumps political opponent. Donald McGhan ordered to comply with subpoena. Bolton’s next:) Devin Nunez met with Ukrainians and directly pushed for Biden investigations. The meetings were set up by Giuliani’s Russian criminal friend Lev Parnas. Sondland was on a “Domestic Political Errand.” Was there a quid pro quo? Sondland, “Yes, Everyone was in the loop”. David Holmes, testified that Ukrainian officials “came to understand what was required” in order to get military assistance and a meeting with trump. U.S. ambassador to Ukraine felt threatened by trumps remarks and was threatened by trump while testifying. Long time friend and confidant of trump Roger Stone, found guilty of lying and witness tampering. trump has asked the Supreme Court to keep his taxes hidden. So, no more separation of powers in the government? trump sought status of Ukraine investigations showing aid was depended on the investigations themselves. trump complains that witnesses all speak from 2nd and 3rd hand knowledge yet ordered Mulvaney not to testify. Laura Cooper testified that the Pentagon sought clarification from the trump administration about the hold up of the Ukraine aide and received none. A second person has said they reported sexual misconduct involving a former doctor who’s been accused of sexually abusing nearly 300 men over a 17-year period to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his staff felt they would not get the millions of dollars in aid money without publicly committing to launch the investigations Trump wanted. Senior trump administration officials considered resigning en masse in a ‘midnight self massacre’. State Department official says Giuliani was engaged in a campaign ‘full of lies and incorrect information’ about former ambassador. trump has issued pardons for two soldiers being tried for war crimes and returned rank to a soldier who took a selfie with a dead body. trump to pay $2 million for charity foundation misuse. trump wanted attorney general Barr to hold a news conference saying the president broke no laws on Ukraine call. White House official who heard trumps call with Ukraine president was told to keep quite. White House lawyer moved transcript of trump call to classified server after Ukraine adviser raised alarms. He has politicized our national security and has chosen Putin and other dictators over our own congress and security agencies. “I stated to Amb. Sondland that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate Biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, and that such investigations were not something the NSC was going to get involved in or push,” Vindman adds. Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council is testifying that trump demanded that a foreign government investigate an American citizen in exchange for Congresses approved aide. Just reached a $984 billion deficit while he lines his pockets with our tax dollars and foreign money at his resorts. $400 million in aide money was withheld from Ukraine back in August and Ukrainian leaders were told it was not red tape, that they needed to talk to Chief of Staff Mulvaney to resolve it and make a CNN statement about Biden in order to receive said aide. Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, is running a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine that circumvents U.S. officials and career diplomats in order to personally benefit President trump. Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas. Look them up. North Korea just tested a submarine launched missile. Deserted our Kurdish allies who have been fighting ISIS with us and now are being slaughtered. All because he has a tower in Istanbul. “The Americans betrayed us. We do not trust them anymore,” she added. These used to be our Kurdish allies that stood against ISIS. He is refusing to comply with the law. He is using the power of the presidency to withhold aide to one of the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet in exchange for political favors in order to sway the 20/20 election. He is acting like a criminal and threatening the life of the whistleblower. Mr. America first is sending troops to Saudi Arabia in support of a murdering dictator who spends millions at his hotels and resorts. Corey Lewandowski testified to congress that trump ordered him to obstruct justice. He is blocking information that pertains to the safety of our country from reaching congress. He has been threatening NOAA, a federal agency, with punishment if they do not disavow the truth and side with his lies. He invited the Taliban to Camp David the week of 9/11. He is a #PussyAssBitch He’s doctoring weather maps to try and prove he’s not an idiot. He has stayed at trump properties 293 days in 3 years, that’s our tax dollars going directly into his pocket. He took money from military daycares to pay for a wall that won’t work and no one wants. The Vice President and the Attorney General are both spending tax payer dollars on trump hotels, lining his pockets and currying his favor. He has privately instructed aides to skirt laws and regulations to get the wall built faster — and told them he will pardon them if necessary. He is pressuring a government agency to give a contract for his wall to a company whose chief executive is a donor to one of his top GOP allies in Congress. He took hundreds of millions from 127 different projects (FEMA being one of those) for his wall. He thinks nuking a hurricane is an idea. He is host the next G-7 at one of his own resorts. Again our tax dollars paying him directly. He taunted Iran by tweeting a classified image of an Iranian rocket that had exploded, thereby potentially compromising U.S. intelligence capabilities. His own company would save millions from the low interest rates he is demanding. He was going to give you tax cuts through your paychecks but decided not to. This year the richest of us payed less in taxes than the rest of us. He is destroying the economy with HIS trade war. We will soon average a 1.2 trillion deficit. He is repeating NRA talking points on background checks so expect no action taken regardless of the fact there has been 27 arrested over threats to commit mass attacks since El Paso( NOT TOLEDO). He made fun of republicans being afraid of the NRA and then caved after a 30 minute phone conversation with them. He bragged about indefinite child detention because it brings families together. He is refusing flue shots, that protect us all(google influenza pandemic), to immigrant children. He is attacking fellow congresswomen in really disgusting ways and making anti-Semitic remarks about Jews calling them disloyal. He thinks he’s the chosen one based on a conspiracy theory web sight. He has: Obstructed Justice. Is profiting from the Presidency. Colluded - They had a meeting & lied about it. Advocated political & police violence. Abuse of power. Engaging in reckless behavior. Persecuting political opponents. Attacking the free press. Violating immigrants Right to Due Process. Violating campaign finance laws. Racist: Speaks directly to and often tweeting straight from white supremacists. Calls them very fine people. Told fellow congresswomen to go back where they came from. Called them shit hole countries. Called them murderers and rapists. Calls her Pocahontas. Took out full page adds calling for the death of five innocent black kids in New York, 1989. Literally has said in an interview he has Hitlers speeches, My New Order in his nightstand. Our Money: Spent campaign finance money on hush payments to silence a porn star he had an affair with in order to hide it from the voters. Has spent over $100 million of our tax dollars playing golf at his own golf courses. Has never divested from companies and advertises and profits off the White House. Was going to cut Medicaid and Medicare funding to pay for the tax cuts he gave to the rich. Is actively destroying farmers lives with his trade wars that we all know only hurts our pockets not Chinas. Has made the lives of every truck driver across America as well as our own, more dangerous by removing safety regulations that only benefits the pockets of the CEOs of those companies. Has removed any and all protections we had in place from work safety, environment, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights and gives that power back to the CEOs, oil companies, men and old white men. Saudi funded lobbyist rented 500 rooms at a trump hotel he never divested from right after he became president. Wonder why? Sexual Predator: Accused by more than 20 women of molestation and rape. Bragged about said molestation on tape. Has cheated on all three wives (see above). Has made sexual remarks on camera about his daughter. Belittles and bully’s women. Not even sure he’s aware he has two daughters. Idiot: Has allowed North Korea to grow there nuclear weapons program. Took the side of Putin over America’s own security agencies on the national stage. Lacks the intelligence and facts needed to communicate on a global level much less national one. Makes policy decisions based on FOX media. Lies when speaks. Doesn’t believe in science and quite often displays his ignorance of it. Russia: Lied about meetings with Russians. Lied about a trump tower Moscow. Personal attorney Michael Cohen (same guy who broke campaign finance laws under trumps direction) had contacts with russian officials. National Security aide Flynn resigned over Russian contacts. Jeff Sessions recused himself because of Russian contacts. Manafort resigned because of Russian contacts. Campaign foreign policy adviser Papadopoulos met with Russians then bragged about it to Australians who then turned that info over to our FBI. Sixteen campaign officials had contacts with Russia and at least nine others new about it. Russian mobster lived in trump tower. trump casino was flagged 106 times for lax money laundering standards and same Russian frequently stayed at trump casino. Has been selling real estate to Russians for years. It really is surprising how many connections to Russians this man has. Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, Bill Posey You are my representatives. OLC policy: The indictment or criminal prosecution of a criminal investigation of a sitting President would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions. It’s time to do your job. You swore an oath to this country, it’s people and me to uphold the constitution. The president has never upheld that oath. How do you want to be remembered?

I don’t know how anybody else feels but if I was any more sick of Lindsey Graham and I am I’ll be on my hands and knees vomiting. I don’t know what happened to that guy but he’s become a real psychopath.

Yes. This is the responsible thing to do.