Robert's Rules of Order is clear on proxy voting:
"It is
unknown to a strictly deliberative assembly, and is in conflict with the
idea of the equality of members, which is a fundamental principle of
deliberative assemblies. There can be but little use for debate where
one member has more votes than another, possibly more than all the
others combined." Roberts Rules of Order
You won't find proxy voting allowed anywhere in the Constitution. The authorizing legislation was illegal as is any legislation that may flow from the committee since it entails proxy voting.
But this is how they have to do business. The budget cuts forthcoming will be so painful and unpopular, the legislature, as a whole, is afraid to have roll call votes to make them accountable. They need the cover of a contrived national emergency.
Appendix III
Super Congress Timeline
The Congressional Budget Office told Congress that it needed legislative proposals weeks earlier than the initial schedule above. That will shorten the Super Congress deliberation process significantly. CNN September 13 Didn't the bill authors talk to CBO before they put together this timeline? This is another example of how ridiculous this process is.
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