{"id":3351,"date":"2020-06-16T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2020-06-16T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:22:45","slug":"52nd-congressional-district-candidate-jim-debello-speaks-out-against-proxy-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3351","title":{"rendered":"52nd Congressional District Candidate Jim DeBello Speaks Out Against Proxy Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While American jobs are lost to the shutdown, phantom Democratic Congressman Scott Peters continues to cash paychecks while avoiding his duty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Constitution compels Congress to meet in person. For the first time ever, the House now allows &#8220;proxy voting,&#8221; a measure passed by Democrats with no Republican support. This means a member can cast votes for up to 10 members who choose to stay home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When did Congress become nonessential? We <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">need<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a Congress, now more than ever, representing our voice through their vote\u2014not by proxy to someone utterly ignorant of our district. I support the Congressional No Pay for Proxy Act: if you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don&#8217;t<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">show up, you don\u2019t get paid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congress showed up after the Capitol was burned during the War of 1812. They met during the great pandemic of 1918, and they met after 9\/11. Even the California State Legislature is now meeting. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, our current &#8220;Representative&#8221; has decided to stay home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, who is now representing the 52nd District? Scott Peters has tabbed a New Yorker named Kathleen Rice. Why? What possible relationship does she have with Scott Peters and, much more importantly, us?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If hard-working Americans can get back to work, so can Scott Peters and Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m tired of phantom legislators who disappear after they are elected. American taxpayers have paid Scott Peters over a million dollars\u2014not counting golden benefits\u2014for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zero<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bills in eight years. And now he has given\u00a0<em>your<\/em> vote away in Congress. We must hold him accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have run companies in six countries and am not a career politician. I\u2019ve led innovative businesses, signed the front of paychecks, invented products used by millions of Americans, and created jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I haven\u2019t shirked my responsibility. I show up, and always will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information about Jim DeBello and his campaign visit <a href=\"https:\/\/debellocongress.com\/\">DeBelloCongress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While American jobs are lost to the shutdown, phantom Democratic Congressman Scott Peters continues to cash paychecks while avoiding his duty. Our Constitution compels Congress to meet in person. For the first time ever, the House now allows &#8220;proxy voting,&#8221; a measure passed by Democrats with no Republican support. 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