House GOP lawmaker breaks with party to back proxy voting

A House GOP lawmaker broke with his party on Monday to back the recently adopted change to the chamber’s rules that allow for a form of remote voting during the coronavirus pandemic.Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) was absent during the vote on Friday to allow proxy voting, in which lawmakers unable to be at the Capitol in person can authorize colleagues to cast votes on their behalf. But Rooney said in a pair of tweets that “the House was right”…