After setting records in 2021 and 2022 when members could ask colleagues to vote for them, the rate of House members casting votes dropped back to a more normal 96.8 percent last year, CQ Roll Call Vote Studies found.
Without the benefit of proxy voting, instituted as an emergency response in May 2020 to the COVID-19 pandemic, the participation rate of House members dropped from their record high of 97.8 percent in 2021 and 2022.
