Ultimately, however only one Democrat, Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings, missed the speaker vote.
Hastings has pancreatic cancer and has not been present in the Capitol for months as he undergoes treatment. Pelosi put her hand over her heart when the clerk called his name.
Two Republicans, David Valadao of California and María Elvira Salazar of Florida, were not present because they had tested positive for COVID-19.
Three others — Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., Tim Ryan, D-Ohio and Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla. — are under quarantine because of COVID-19 exposure but have tested negative. They voted in the speaker election from a plexiglass-enclosed area of the House gallery.
The Capitol’s attending physician, Brian P. Monahan, who made the arrangements for the quarantining members to vote, said in a statement that guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency allow federal essential workers, “in order to ensure continuity of operations of essential functions,” to continue work following COVID-19 exposure if they’re asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and others.
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