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Speaker Mike Johnson has reached an agreement with Republican holdouts that will effectively kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers could temporarily vote remotely immediatel...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., struck a deal with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., over her push to allow new parents to vote remotely in a compromise that GOP leaders hope will appease all factio...
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Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna reach proxy voting agreement
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Sunday that she reached an agreement with House Speaker Mike Johnson over her push to allow new parents to vote by proxy.
Tentative deal is reached in Republican fight over proxy voting for new parents
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who has been leading the bipartisan push for proxy voting, reached the tentative deal.
GOP leaders strike deal on new parents voting in Congress. Here’s how it works
Speaker Johnson has agreed to revive a procedure known as ‘vote pairing’ which would allow members to cast their opinion from afar without their absence affecting the final outcome.
Luna, Speaker Johnson reach an agreement on voting for new parents
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Sunday that she and House Speaker Mike Johnson have reached an agreement on a voting accommodation for new parents that will avoid bringing back proxy voting.
Luna and Johnson strike deal to end proxy voting feud
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) have reached a deal to end her effort to ensure new parents can vote by proxy. Last week, Luna
'Absolute no': Proxy voting is a dereliction of 'constitutional duty,' Nancy Mace says
A bill sponsored by conservative firebrand Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., which would let new parents vote by proxy for 12 weeks while caring for their newborns, appears to have split the GOP.
Trump supports proxy voting for new moms in Congress: ‘I don’t know why it’s controversial’
I’m gonna let the speaker make the decision, but I like the idea of being able to – if you’re having a baby, I think you should be able to call in and vote,” Trump told reporters
Generali investors should vote to keep CEO in the job, proxy adviser ISS says
Leading governance adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended Generali investors vote to hand CEO Philippe Donnet another term at a general meeting on April 24.
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.
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.
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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.
Republicans Turn On Each Other Over Voting Rules
On Tuesday, nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 222–206 vote defeating Johnson's procedural rule, which would have blocked Luna from forcing action on the proxy voting proposal. Trump said he was "in favor" of allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy while speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
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