Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
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Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that paralyzed the chamber and signaled…

In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support
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In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Representative Brittany Pettersen, a second-term Colorado Democrat, was not planning to have a second child at the age of 43. “As if our life wasn’t complicated enough!” she said with a laugh as she arranged herself on a couch in her office on…