Pelosi accuses McConnell of misleading public over House remote voting rules

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of “deliberately misleading” the public on Thursday about the remove voting rules approved for the House last week in a party-line vote. “Leader McConnell’s comments are deliberately misleading, as proxy voting has long been used by Senate committees,” Pelosi said in a statement. “Simply and sadly, he is trying to find every excuse not to meet the needs of…