Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass ...

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Tuesday celebrated a rare bipartisan victory in Congress. The big picture: The Lakewood ...

Colo. Rep. Brittany Pettersen held her 4-month-old baby while pleading on the House floor to reverse an effort to ban proxy ...

Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen is leading a push to allow new parents to vote by proxy instead of in person in Congress ...

The group of Republicans teamed up with Democrats to overcome a procedural hurdle backed by GOP leadership that would have ...

Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers who are new parents ...

House lawmakers who have newly born infants might gain the ability to choose a colleague to temporarily vote in their place ...

House leaders tried to kill the idea of proxy voting for new parents, but rank and file members sent them a different message.

House Speaker Mike Johnson suffered a decisive defeat after he tried and failed to squash a proposal for new parents in ...

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow ...

Pettersen, along with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., are some of the few lawmakers to have ever given birth while serving in ...

Nine Republicans joined Democrats in backing the measure that is adamantly opposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson.