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NBC News |
A band of Republican lawmakers on Tuesday sunk an effort by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to kill a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents, a bitter dispute that brought the ...
The Boston Globe |
Some 218 lawmakers backed their effort, signing on to a so-called discharge petition to force their proposal on the House floor for consideration.
The New York Times |
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that new lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suff...

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GOP lawmakers sink Speaker Johnson's effort to block remote voting push for new parents
Nine Republicans joined with all Democrats to vote against a procedural rule to advance a package of GOP-led bills over the proxy vote fight.
Nine GOP House members defy Speaker Mike Johnson on new parent proxy voting measure
The group of Republicans teamed up with Democrats to overcome a procedural hurdle backed by GOP leadership that would have blocked a proposed resolution allowing new parents in Congress to vote remotely.
GOP’s bid to squash parental proxy voting fizzles on the House floor
In a rebuke of House leadership, a small group of Republicans on Tuesday joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to reject a rule on the House floor and clear the way for a renewed effort to allow recent parents to vote by proxy.
House Speaker Johnson fails to squash a proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
House GOP leadership had attempted to engineer a way to quietly kill the bipartisan plan from two new mothers — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting
House Speaker Mike Johnson is mounting an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy.
Speaker Johnson shuts down House to avoid bid to allow proxy voting for new parents
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday canceled votes for the rest of the week after he failed to stop renegade Republicans from forcing a vote to restore proxy voting in the chamber.
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.
Johnson Moves to Block a Bill Allowing New Parents in the House to Vote by Proxy
It was not clear whether the speaker would be able to peel off enough Republicans to prevent the measure from coming up because a majority of House members want to consider it.
House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion
House Republicans leaders on Tuesday canceled votes for the rest of the week after a band of GOP lawmakers staged a rebellion on the floor, bringing legislative action to a screeching halt. House
These 9 House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership over parental proxy voting
Nine House Republicans defied GOP leadership on Tuesday and opposed an effort to block a bill instituting proxy voting for new parents from coming to the floor, halting key legislative action in
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Laramie County GOP website, Facebook page down after Quarberg elected as chair
CHEYENNE — At some point after the Laramie County Republican Party held its recent elections, both its website and Facebook page were deleted. A new unofficial Laramie County GOP Facebook page ...
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GOP candidates jockeying for chance to replace Stefanik
“There isn’t a Republican that wouldn’t want to have ... who thanked the Conservative Party for their support on Facebook. The party, which meets this week, also left the door open in ...
ABC News28d
GOP reps encouraged to do town halls virtually rather than in-person after fiery meetings with constituents
Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee ... Hudson told members that communicating with constituents via Facebook Live, tele-town halls and other virtual ...
Republican Herald17d
Bresnahan holding ‘Telephone Town Hall’ on Facebook
a photo from the posts added. The post on Facebook has generated hundreds of replies and comments, many critical that the freshman Republican congressman from Dallas Twp. has not had an in-person town hall meeting with constituents since taking office in ...
The New York Times29d
Republican House Members Told to Stop Holding In-Person Town Halls
Mr. Hudson told Republican lawmakers that Democratic activists ... He encouraged House Republicans to instead hold tele-town halls or Facebook Live events. Both of those formats allow moderators ...
CNN8d
GOP lawmaker introduces censure resolution against Crockett over Abbott comments
Republican Rep. Randy Weber on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett over recent comments the Democratic congresswoman made about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to ...
No Republican is running for Philadelphia DA this year, party leaders say
GOP party leaders said they asked “every Republican lawyer with a pulse” to run, but they found no takers in a city where registered Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans.
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