Lauren Boebert of Colorado also signed a letter saying she couldn't attend votes and was listed as a CPAC speaker, though CNN spotted her in the Capitol earlier in the day Friday and it was unclear if she planned to skip evening votes, including on the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package.

There have been other votes in the House through the course of the day.

Republicans aren't the only ones who have misused this process.

Democrats in the past have signed similar letters, saying they couldn't attend because of the public health emergency, voting by proxy instead even though their failure to show up had nothing to do with the pandemic.

Indeed, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy last year whacked two Florida Democratic congressmen -- Charlie Crist and Darren Soto -- for attending a SpaceX Launch while signing the letter saying they couldn't attend the votes.

"Another Democrat caught claiming he couldn't come to DC to vote 'due to the ongoing public health emergency,'" the California Republican tweeted at the time.