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Over a dozen female leaders representing prominent conservative organizations signed a letter urging House Republicans to reject an effort to allow proxy voting by lawmakers with newborns.
From The Washington Times
The Republican Party proudly touts its adherence to “family values,” however, with a few brave enough to defy the party’s stand, it is once more rejecting any bipartisan proposal, no matter what.
From The Denver Post

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House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agenda
He doesn't appear to have control of the House floor. An internal GOP fight over whether new parents serving in the House should be able to cast votes by proxy has metastasized into a battle of wills between competing factions of Republicans.
Digging In Against Proxy Voting, Johnson Exposes His Weak Hold on the House
The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.
Conservative women push House GOP to reject proxy voting for lawmakers with new babies
Over a dozen female leaders representing prominent conservative organizations signed a letter urging House Republicans to reject an effort to allow proxy voting by lawmakers with newborns.
Letters: As a leader for “family values” surely Johnson supports proxy voting?
I find it painfully ironic that the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is so outspoken and combatively negative on the topic of allowing new parents in Congress the limited right to vote
Johnson endorses Donalds in Florida governor race while DeSantis keeps distance
Byron Donalds already won the GOP's most coveted endorsement, Donald Trump. Mike Johnson's endorsement may unite many House Republicans behind their colleague.
Speaker Johnson scrambles for solutions to parental proxy voting impasse
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scrambling to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
Trump breaks with Mike Johnson over proxy voting for new parents: 'I like the idea'
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supports Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s push to allow new parents to vote by proxy.
GOP may look to Trump for answer on Luna’s proxy vote war
With the House at a standstill amid GOP disputes about proxy voting for new parents, a sense is growing that President Trump might have to weigh in to get them out of the chaos — and he is already
GOP lawmakers sink House 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.
Trump supports proxy voting for new mothers in Congress: 'Don’t know why it’s controversial'
President Donald Trump said he was "in favor" of allowing new mothers in Congress to vote by proxy. The move puts him at odds with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
GOP’s bid to squash parental proxy voting fizzles on the House floor
Several Republicans joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democrats to deliver a blow to GOP leaders and keep proxy hopes alive for new House parents.
Trump backs remote voting for new parents amid House GOP impasse
The initiative backed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and publicly opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson has split House Republicans and brought floor proceedings to a halt this week.
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.
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.
House GOP leaders play hardball to stop Luna push for proxy voting for new parents
House Republican leaders are playing hardball as they try to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from triggering a vote on a bill to allow proxy voting for new parents, throwing a procedural
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