Twice in the first six months of the 118th Congress Rep. Deborah K. Ross has found herself sidelined at home.
In April, the North Carolina Democrat’s husband went into cardiac arrest and was hospitalized. Ross needed to be at his bedside and missed the better part of two weeks as a result. And in May, she caught COVID-19 for a second time, which caused her to miss the vote on the debt ceiling package.
In the previous Congress, Ross would’ve been able to cast votes by proxy and participate in committee proceedings remotely. But Republican changes to House rules this year ended both provisions.
