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Proxy Voting
For Proxy Voting we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Advocacy and Congressional.
Proxy Voting (Advocacy) 
The practice of allowing a senator to cast a vote in committee for an absent senator. Senate Rule XXVI provides that proxies may not be voted when the absent senator has not been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not requested that he be so recorded.
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Proxy Voting (Congressional)
The practice of allowing a senator to cast a vote in committee, if committee rules allow it, for an absent senator. Senate Rule XXVI provides that proxies may not be voted when the absent senator has not been informed of the matter on which he is being recorded and has not requested that he be so recorded.
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