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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday took a step towards allowing members who are new parents to cast their ballots by proxy, overriding an effort by the chamber's Republican leadership to bl...
Washington Times |
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.
Seattle Times |
“If we don’t do the right thing now, it’ll never be done,” said Luna, who gave birth to her son in 2023.

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US House advances rule to let members who are new parents vote by proxy
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday took a step towards allowing members who are new parents to cast their ballots by proxy, overriding an effort by the chamber's Republican leadership to block the change.
House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.
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.
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.
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
Speaker Johnson fails to halt proxy voting for new parents in House
In an unprecedented move, the House Republican leadership had engineered a way to try and quietly kill the bipartisan plan from two new mothers in Congress.
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.
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.
With Rules maneuver, House GOP aims to kill parental proxy push
An intraparty dispute came to a head Tuesday as House Rules Committee Republicans worked to kill an effort to allow proxy voting for new parents.
Republicans win U.S. House seats in Florida special election
Two Trump-endorsed Republicans, Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis, won in Florida's special election Tuesday night to expand the GOP's narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Speaker Johnson swears in 2 newest U.S. House members
Republicans defended two House seats in Florida while both parties hoped to win a coveted seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
US House Democrats open investigation into Kennedy bird flu response
Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according to a letter sent to Kennedy and released by the committee.
SCOOP: White House rallies House GOP on Trump tariff plan in secret call
The White House held a call with House Republican aides rallying them around Trump's tariff plan, Fox News Digital was told.
Alaska House asks for cooldown in Trump-triggered US-Canada trade dispute
A representative noted that Alaska and Canada have social and cultural ties that predate the creation of either country, with Indigenous communities stretching across what is now an international bord
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Texas House passes first bills of the 2025 legislative session
The lower chamber passed bills on Tuesday aimed at improving the state's wildfire response and prohibiting taxes on financial trades.
Record number of Democratic bills advance out of Oklahoma House
The bills that advanced make up just over 20% of the roughly 1,960 House measures filed at the start of session.
Trump withdraws Stefanik as his pick for United Nations envoy
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had withdrawn his pick to be ambassador to the United Nations because the Republicans need to maintain their slim majority in the House of Representatives to advance his "America First" agenda.
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