Speaker Mike Johnson has reached a compromise with Rep.
Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are new parents. The issue had caused significant disruption in the House, with GOP infighting bringing legislative activity to a halt. The agreement is expected to restore functionality to the House floor. However, it remains uncertain whether Democrats will support the deal.
The move marks a shift in GOP leadership’s stance on remote voting, which had previously been resisted.
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About time they stopped grandstanding and let people handle family matters without grinding everything to a halt. If Congress ran more like a real job, maybe they'd get more done with less drama.
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