Congress’s $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill And Unconstitutional Proxy Voting Go On Trial In Texas

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Hopium Congress’s $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill And Unconstitutional Proxy Voting Go On Trial In Texas (archive.today)

Since the quorum clause requires the physical presence of elected lawmakers, does that make the entire $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill unconstitutional?

Joe Biden’s signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 may, in effect, be null and void by day’s end if a federal judge in Lubbock, Texas, agrees with the state’s attorney general that the $1.7 trillion spending bill was never validly enacted because the House of Representatives lacked a constitutionally mandated quorum.

[Source.](https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/22/congresss-1-7-trillion-spending-bill-and-unconstitutional-proxy-voting-go-on-trial-in-texas/) > **Since the quorum clause requires the physical presence of elected lawmakers, does that make the entire $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill unconstitutional?** > Joe Biden’s signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 may, in effect, be null and void by day’s end if a federal judge in Lubbock, Texas, agrees with the state’s attorney general that the $1.7 trillion spending bill was never validly enacted because the House of Representatives lacked a constitutionally mandated quorum.