If you gave birth, it is a very intense few weeks in a recovery period, post birth … These are very real medical ...

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Tuesday celebrated a rare bipartisan victory in Congress. The big picture: The Lakewood Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) in backing a resolution to ...

The Colorado representative’s push to end an archaic rule that’s forced her to bring her 10-week old to Congress four times ...

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday formally sidelined a proposal pushed by Colorado Democrat ...

Brittany Pettersen gained an unexpected ally after ... voiced his support for the lawmakers’ proposal to authorize proxy voting by moms and dads caring for newborns. “You’re having a baby ...

A weeks-long dustup over proxy voting for new parents in the House came to an end Tuesday despite a last-ditch effort from ...

❌ A bipartisan bill led by Colorado U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) to allow members of Congress who are new ...

U.S. House is rethinking its voting rules after a push from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for new ...

Democrat Brittany Pettersen holds her baby while advocating for proxy voting rights, igniting debate on parental ...

Brittany Pettersen said Monday. Pettersen, a Colorado Democrat, partnered with the Luna, R-Fla., this Congress to push for changing House rules and allow new mothers and fathers to vote by proxy.

Allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy is officially dead in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans scrapped the idea by tucking language in a rule that passed the chamber along ...