Apr 01 from https://drudgereport.com Center right

House Republicans Lose a Floor Vote, End the Work Week on a Tuesday

After nine Republicans joined all Democrats to tank a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson had a novel solution: everyone go home. “We can’t have any further action on the floor this week,” Johnson told reporters after a rule, which would have killed a discharge petition from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents to vote remotely for 12 weeks, failed 206-222 . “It...

Apr 01 from https://www.theblaze.com/ Right

8 Republicans back Rep. Luna to defeat opposition to proxy voting; Speaker Johnson blames them for failure to support Trump agenda

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida fought the Republican House leader, and Luna won. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) opposed a resolution proposed by Luna to allow pregnant House members to vote by proxy, but eight other Republicans joined her crusade Tuesday to end his effort to kill the bill. 'This tactic was not just a betrayal of trust; it was a descent into the very...

Apr 01 from https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion Left

Opinion | Mike Johnson Inexplicably Doesn’t Want to Help Out New Parents in Congress

There will be headlines on Tuesday about Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, embarrassing House Speaker Mike Johnson, but it’s worth really digging into the substance of the issue at hand. Luna has long been a proponent of giving new parents in Congress some flexibility and wanted to change congressional rules to allow them to vote by proxy. Johnson didn’t support her. So...

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