House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is canceling the week's voting agenda after several Republicans joined Democrats in a vote to change the rules to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy.The announcement came after nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 206-222 vote against Johnson's attempt to block plans that would allow lawmakers who become parents to vote remotely for up to three months.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) canceled half a week's worth of House votes after failing to contain a revolt over proxy voting within his own party. Why it matters: It was Johnson's biggest legislative blow of 2025 thus far — and the first where President Trump wasn't providing him reinforcement.

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

House Democrats are going after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the Republican leadership effort to sink legislation allowing proxy voting for lawmakers on parental leave, even after the bill

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who left the House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to her push for remote voting for new parents, accused some members of the conservative group of holding Speaker Mike Johnson “hostage” over the matter and acting “disingenuous.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is set Monday to reject a bipartisan petition led by GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new moms in Congress to vote by proxy. The discharge petition asks that such members be allowed to delegate their voting authority to a fellow member who would vote for them on Capitol Hill.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has mostly held his tiny Republican majority together, but as Congress considers whether to allow proxy voting for new parents, he's finding that some forces may be stronger than political party.