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A band of Republican lawmakers sank an effort Tuesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to kill a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents, a bitter dispute that brought the Hou...
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Speaker Mike Johnson tries and fails to derail proxy voting for new moms in Congress
Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen, asked after the vote about her message to Republican leaders, said, “We said, ‘Don’t f--- with moms.’”
Johnson: ‘Working on every possible accommodation’ for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep.
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.
See Which House Members Rejected Johnson’s Effort Against Proxy Voting
Speaker Mike Johnson failed to block a bipartisan group of legislators from forcing a vote on a measure that would allow members to each designate a colleague to temporarily vote in their place after the birth of their child.
Mike Johnson Loses Battle to Limit GOP Rebels’ Power
The Speaker failed to kill a proposal on proxy voting by House lawmakers who have babies.
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.
House Speaker Johnson fails to squash a proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
House GOP leadership had attempted to engineer a way to quietly kill the bipartisan plan from two new mothers — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
Mike Johnson Inexplicably Doesn’t Want to Help Out New Parents in Congress
What on earth are Republican leaders thinking in trying to stop a Republican proposal to make it easier for new parents to vote in Congress?
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.
Mike Johnson Cancels Votes After Suffering Republican Rebellion
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Jubilant Mike Johnson claims victory as Florida helps House GOP grow majority
House Speaker Mike Johnson is celebrating much-needed victories in Florida that will expand the House majority.
Mike Johnson’s Attempt to Kill a Vote Really Backfired This Week
Several months later, an aggressive attempt from House Republican leadership to prevent this from getting a vote backfired, prompting an irritated Speaker Mike Johnson to send House members home for the week—on a Tuesday afternoon!
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'Conservatives just embarrassed Mike Johnson': MAGA lawmaker lauded after GOP 'mutiny'
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) led the effort to advance remote voting for members of Congress who are new parents. Nine Republicans joined all House Democrats to advance the measure that would allow the new parents to designate a colleague to vote for them for 12 weeks after they or their
Mike Johnson just hinted at undermining the entire system of checks and balances
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson floated the idea of hobbling our lower federal courts and hence undermining our delicate system of checks and balances.
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