House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that the period in the House of Representatives allowing members to vote via proxy will be extended to July 3. The current proxy voting period, established last year during the start of the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—otherwise known as the novel coronavirus—was slated to expire this Wednesday. In a brief note to House members on Monday, Pelosi wrote: “In light of the attached notification by the Acting Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Office of Attending Physician, that a public health emergency is in effect due to a novel coronavirus, I am hereby extending the ‘covered period’ designated on January 4, 2021 … until July 3, 2021.” The attending physician for the House, Brian P. Monahan, recently eased mask-wearing in the Capitol. However, he has told lawmakers they have to wear them in the Hall of the House and in committee …