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Speaker Mike Johnson suffered an embarrassing defeat on the floor Tuesday as nine of his own GOP members tanked a procedural vote on a measure that many considered anti-family.
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Johnson went above and beyond to kill the legislation by putting forth “a measure that would block the proxy voting bill or any legislation on a similar topic from reaching the floor during the remai...

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and GOP rebels tank Speaker Johnson effort to block remote voting for new parents
Speaker Mike Johnson suffered an embarrassing defeat on the floor Tuesday as nine of his own GOP members tanked a procedural vote on a measure that many considered anti-family.
Anna Paulina Luna defeats GOP effort to block proxy voting for new moms and dads in blow to Speaker Johnson
Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers who are new parents to cast proxy votes for three months after their child’s birth.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus over effort to block remote voting for new moms in Congress
Luna co-sponsored a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child. Some conservatives are trying to stop it.
Mike Johnson Inexplicably Doesn’t Want to Help Out New Parents in Congress
What on earth are Republican leaders thinking in trying to stop a Republican proposal to make it easier for new parents to vote in Congress?
Proxy voting proposal moves forward despite GOP resistance
Only about a dozen women in history have given birth while serving in Congress, the first in the 1970s. Many lawmakers who are also new parents argue the legislative branch has not updated its
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
Rep. Luna signals potential end to remote voting standoff
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.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus over proxy voting for new parents
Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a letter that she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus over their stance on her efforts to let new parents vote by proxy.
Trump backs Luna push for House parental proxy voting
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been scrambling to break an impasse over the push for proxy voting, after Luna joined with more than 200 Democrats and nine Republicans to use a procedure known as a discharge petition to circumvent leadership and force a vote on the matter.
“I don't know why it’s controversial”: Trump backs Rep. Luna’s push to allow proxy voting for new moms in Congress.
Did you talk to Congresswoman Luna about her resolution to end maternity leave? The Congresswoman about her resolution to allow proxy voting for new mothers. Did you speak to her about that? I did. I did.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna clashes with GOP House leaders, plans tele-town hall
The Pinellas County Republican is pushing to allow new parents the ability to vote by proxy, or remotely, for up to 12 weeks after having a baby.
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Luna says Johnson called her to discuss proxy voting strictly for new moms
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called her to discuss the possibility of allowing proxy voting only for new moms after President Trump appeared to back the
Rep. Pettersen says it was 'difficult' decision to bring infant son to House floor to fight for proxy voting
Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass the petition.
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