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Pettersen, with a diaper over her shoulder and 4-month-old son Sam in her arms, stood on the House floor and pleaded with colleagues to turn back the GOP leadership's effort to stop their resolution.
Alongside Democratic Representative Brittany Pettersen, Luna is advocating for a change in House rules that would allow new parents — both mothers and fathers — to vote by proxy for up to 12 ...
But GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, a member of the Freedom Caucus who opposes all proxy voting, said he would consider participating in pairing.
But GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, a member of the Freedom Caucus who opposes all proxy voting, said he would consider participating in pairing.
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen said fhe fight with Speaker Mike Johnson to give new parents in Congress a proxy vote is not over, even as a resolution died over the weekend.
Pettersen and other Democrats have vowed to continue to fight for parental proxy voting, which would allow members to tap a colleague to vote on their behalf after the birth of a child.
Facing headwinds from GOP leadership and the House Freedom Caucus, Luna and Pettersen vowed to fight on, only for Luna to cut a deal over the weekend with Johnson, stymieing the proxy-voting effort.
Facing headwinds from GOP leadership and the House Freedom Caucus, Luna and Pettersen vowed to fight on, only for Luna to cut a deal over the weekend with Johnson, stymieing the proxy voting effort.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas., policy chair of the House Freedom Caucus, wrote on X in response to Luna and Johnson's discussion about limiting the vote: "Just as unconstitutional and wrong - as I know ...
Representatives Anna Paulina Luna, R-FL, and Brittany Pettersen, D-CO, proposed a House bill that would allow remote voting for new parents within Congress. Under this proposed bipartisan bill ...