House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says House members can continue to vote remotely until Dec. 30 because of COVID-19 concerns. Pelosi’s Nov. 12 announcement was shared in a message to House members and was posted to her website. “To All Members on Extension of Remote Voting ‘Covered Period.’ In light of the attached notification by the 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, pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, until December 30, 2021,” the note reads. William Walker, sergeant-at-arms, had previously notified Pelosi in a letter (pdf) that in “consultation with the Office of ‘Attending Physician,’ I write to provide further notification that the public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 remains in effect.” The House has allowed remote voting throughout the pandemic as …