House Republicans rebelled against leadership over a new parent proxy voting bill. Now leaders have to figure out how to move the House out of a standstill.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is forcing a vote on legislation to enable new parents serving in Congress to vote remotely in the weeks surrounding the birth of their child. Luna introduced the measure as a "privileged resolution" on Tuesday, which gives House leaders two legislative days to take up the measure.
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna signaled Thursday night that she and Speaker Mike Johnson may have found a way to end their standoff over the issue of remote voting for new parents in Congress.
Eyes will be on Republicans to see if they buck leadership and the Freedom Caucus to vote down a rule killing Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's parent proxy voting bill.
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Trump backs Luna push for House parental proxy voting(The Hill) — President Trump said Thursday he supports the effort to allow for proxy voting for new parents in Congress, while the standoff between House GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hardens over the issue. “I don’t know why it ...